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Westpac looks for next CSO

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Siobhan Toohill leaves Westpac next month after two years as chief sustainability officer and nine years as group head of sustainability previously. Toohill will also step back from participation as Westpac's representative on the United Nations Environment ...

Investors eye energy transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
A renewable energy fund manager and developer has snapped up 28,000 hectares of land in NSW, in response to rising demand from both institutional and wholesale investors. Octopus Australia acquired the land to develop a new $3.5 billion 1-gigawatt Merino ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has updated its guide to ethical investing with several additions to further clarify what it considers before making an investment. The super fund added a list of positive and negative factors it considers in developing its criteria ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... settlement will occur on June 14. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank, National Australia Bank Limited, UBS AG, Australia Branch, and Westpac Banking Corporation are Joint Lead Managers (JLMs) for the issue. Australia's green bond program has ...

Global investors unite for Climate Action 100+

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
A group of global asset owners has issued a statement in support of Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) after an exodus of large investor members early this year. The initiative received the endorsement from 44 asset owners across the globe, including the ...

Holdings fly in face of super duty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... their fiduciary duty and puts Australian retirements at risk, researchers say. Despite net zero by 2050 commitments, Australia's largest 30 super funds nearly doubled fossil fuel exposure over the past two years to December 2023. Investments in the top ...

One in three analyse physical climate risk: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... and setting shorter term emissions reduction targets. "With recent policy developments, and hopefully more to come, Australia's institutional investors have a remarkable opportunity to align their portfolios with net zero, invest in the climate solutions ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... of Finance recently announced a unified China Sustainability Disclosure Standards System based on the ISSB standards. Australia and the UK have both pushed back climate-related financial reporting to 2025. Servais said he is "encouraged by the fact that ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) today released its first consultation on sustainable finance taxonomy, a set of definitions that make it easier for financiers to fund sustainable assets and activities. ASFI is consulting on the draft ...

Podcast: Disability inclusion - the missing piece of ESG investing with Corene Strauss

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Around one in six (18%) people in Australia live with a disability - around 4.4 million people - and roughly 90% of those have 'invisible' or 'hidden' disabilities. Australians living with a disability have so much to offer organisations. ...