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ESG Foresight
Content Summary
Global temperatures are currently 1.1 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Average annual global greenhouse gas emissions reached their highest levels in human history between 2010 to 2019.
To succeed as the custodians of this planet, we need to create a better and more equitable world.
Growing sustainability awareness
Finance professionals and accountants have historically had to navigate a myriad of sustainability-related frameworks. The new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has gone a long way to consolidate the reporting landscape and ease the confusion faced by preparers.
A ‘whole of society’ and ‘whole of economy’ approach that brings a range of stakeholders together to identify issues, explore ideas, implement solutions and ensure governance is required.
CPA Australia and the Sustainable Finance Institute Asia (SFIA) jointly present the “Foresight” series to share research insights and ideas on sustainability in a way that can be applied by corporates and financial markets.
Foresight Series Reports
Should ESG factors be linked to executive remuneration? What specific ESG factors should be considered? How can a remuneration committee balance objectivity and judgment when evaluating ESG performance in determining executive remuneration? These are a few of the questions that remuneration committees and boards of directors should be asking. The first report of the Foresight series written by Professor Mak Yuen Teen FCPA (Aust.), National University of Singapore, provides research insights on the practical implications of linking ESG factors to executive remuneration.
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