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ETF fund flows hit US$16bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
At the start of 2024 ethical, responsible, and sustainability-themed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) held $11.47 billion in funds under management - and grew 23% in the year. Net flows were $716.8 million during 2024, and at the end of the year the category ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... CommBank, Attunga Capital and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CMI chief executive John Connor told FS Sustainability the group is disappointed that the reforms have been shelved. "We support expanding investment opportunities in the newly ...

Coalition plans to scrap climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... corporate decision-making and will continue to evolve, said Higgins, who is head of responsible investment and sustainability at Zenith Investment Partners. "Sustainability isn't dictated by political cycles. It's driven by economic and environmental ...

Green moves: Warakirri, La Trobe Financial, Future Generation, Tracker Group, GRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... (GRI) has made a new board appointment in Charles Cho. He has been appointed as member of the GRI's Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), "a role that is instrumental to GRI's vision to create a future where sustainability is integral to ...

Podcast: The biggest misconception fund managers have about stewardship with Rachel Alembakis

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... stewardship manager at U Ethical. Alembakis pivoted from a career in journalism - including as the prior editor of FS Sustainability - and says that communication skills are one of the most important aspects of stewardship and engagement with companies ...

No charge for carbon target failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... extremely difficult from a technical perspective, Zenith Investment Partners head of responsible investment and sustainability Dugald Higgins said. Carbon targets are "still an emerging field with a very short history relative to traditional financial ...

NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... to electric vehicles and recycling. At the same time new technologies and production approaches are lifting the sustainability of our farms." The CEFC has contributed close to 80,000 similar projects since inception. It is part of NAB's push to become ...

Looming climate audits expose talent crunch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Approved this week, Australia's new sustainability audit timelines have sparked concerns around the readiness of businesses scrambling to fill a skills shortfall. Thousands of progressively smaller entities will gradually fall under the mandatory disclosure ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... widening between genders. Of 1800 surveyed professionals across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, Australian chief sustainability officers are the highest paid, with an average potential earnings package of $759,012. NZ salaries lag, averaging 26% ...

Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... and... greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets". CEFC has "made considerable progress in finance for household sustainability and electric vehicles, which can have an immediate benefit for consumers," CEFC chief executive Ian Learmonth said. And in ...