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New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Inclusive Growth (B4IG) coalition together with its strategic partner, the OECD. B4IG members include Amundi Asset Management, AXA, BNP Paribas, Unilever, and Microsoft. It is also supported by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) ...

ASIC fines Future Super over greenwashing Facebook post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... ASIC noted that "at the time of the Facebook post, Future Super had approximately $400 million in total funds under management and had no basis to represent that the entirety of those funds had been invested in fossil fuels prior to being invested in ...

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... green finance market." Having a green commonwealth bond as an investment opportunity is helpful, said Altius Asset Management CIO Bill Bovingdon. "Doing that without access to commonwealth bonds is clearly playing with one had behind our back," he said. ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... reputational risk, is also set to be a significant legal risk as legal instruments are implemented, Ausbil Investment Management ESG research head Måns Carlsson told FS Sustainability. Last week FS Sustainability reported that modern slavery is still ...

Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... credibility of Australia's green finance market." The program will be managed by the Australian Office of Financial Management and is slated to begin in mid-2024 following the development of a Green Bonds Framework and engagement with investors. This ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... from Google Cloud. The study, conducted by The Harris Poll, found that greater accountability, better measurement and management, and well-defined leadership, are needed to achieve ESG goals. The study further found that executives are failing to execute ...

South Korea leads with ESG fund disclosure taskforce and anti-greenwash laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... global standards by resolving investor information asymmetry while preventing greenwashing and inducing responsible management. This comes as earlier in the week the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong proposed mandatory climate-related disclosure for its listed ...

Amundi launches suite of Net Zero funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... capital will be needed to speed the path to decarbonisation, which cannot be done by governments alone. The global asset management industry - which is expected to be managing over $145 trillion by 2025 - has the scale to make things happen and trigger ...

ASX 200 modern slavery disclosure lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... companies disclose more complex actions to manage slavery risks, with less than 10% working with suppliers to build risk management capacity, consulting with potentially affected groups or defining effectiveness to help track performance. "Investors ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... support rapid scale up to meet the growing demand for renewable fuels. "We start with looking for companies with quality management teams," Scaysbrook said. "Whilst we are focused on the fundamentals of the project, we want to bac management teams that ...