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Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... to enhance First Nations communities," Wynter said. "That will begin with a [Reconciliation Action Plan] RAP that quite a few of the corporates have committed to and are starting to implement through a phased-in approach. "Under the RAP you have things ...

Climate a top concern for Australia's C-Suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... relationships. That is the complexity that business leaders and boards have started to recognise increasingly in the last few years." According to the survey, Australian executives felt pressure to act on climate from board members and management, consumers ...

Bloom raises $525,000 in seed funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... community, according to Bloom Impact co-founder and CEO Camille Socquet-Clerc. "We will be deepening our relationships with a few partners, namely a few impact managers that we already work with - Octopus and Kilter Rural - with a view of bringing these ...

Australian businesses exposed to EU carbon levy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... permits at prices similar to those of the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme. In the short term, it would impact relatively few Australian companies because the scheme would apply to like-for-like products that are imported to the EU, Nelson said. "It ...

ASX200 see material biodiversity risks: Martin Currie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
Large Australian listed companies say they have a role to play in protecting and enhancing biodiversity, but few have policies in place to address the issue, according to Martin Currie Australia. Martin Currie has surveyed ASX200 companies on the topic ...

APRA publishes results of banking climate vulnerability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... tool in a bigger toolkit," Carmody said. "We've always had the view that disclosures play an important role and for a few different reasons- for financial institutions themselves, to the extent that corporations more broadly are disclosing more information ...

Carve outs for faith-based super funds are dead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... irrespective of a product's investment strategy, or affiliation," he said. Meanwhile, having spoken to Financial Standard, a few months ago, Crescent Wealth country head of investments and strategy Mas Harris argued choice products regulations must ...

FSI names new global head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... firm's focus on human rights and research on marine microplastic pollution. "I think what has been really rewarding in the last few years is picking topics that there isn't enough focus on and really trying to dig in," she said. "There is a big ...

Australians cite ethical investing as advice gap: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Australian investors say that they would stop using or switch their financial adviser for not providing advice on ethical/responsible investments, according to research from Investment Trends. Investment Trends has released the 2022 Financial Advice ...

Trust in ethics plummets: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's perception of society's ethics has taken another fall, and the perceived overall importance of ethical conduct has increased, leading to a net ethical expectations gap that exposes risks, according to the Governance Institute. The ...