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Podcast: Momentum on nature, biodiversity, and climate with Natalie Kyriacou

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... episode of The Greener Way podcast, Natalie Kyriacou joins senior journalist and host Rose Mary Petrass to discuss how Australia is tracking on ESG compared to our global peers. The pair discuss Australia's Nature Repair Market scheme and the Coalition's ...

ISO to launch first net zero standards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... to participate in the development of the standard. Australian experts who wish to assist can apply to join Standards Australia's climate change management committee, the organisation said. The UK's national standards body the British Standards Institution ...

Allspring defends exit from climate group

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... CA100+ so it could take a more customised approach. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), which runs CA100+ in Australia, said Allspring and AllianceBernstein's recent departures came amidst continuing politicisation of ESG. However, investors ...

Investors exit climate group amid politicisation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... with over 170 major entities. A spokesperson from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), which runs CA100+ in Australia, confirmed that AllianceBernstein and Allspring have exited. "Despite investors seeking to simply act in the best interest of ...

DEI peak body firms up leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The Diversity Council of Australia (DCA) has elected leaders from UN Global Compact Network Australia, Telstra, and Schneider Electric, onto its board of directors. Sunita Gloster replaces Ming Long as chair, as she has moved to the the Commonwealth ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Top retirement specialist Jeremy Cooper has taken up the decarbonisation challenge with an ESG strategic advisory position - and he has a proposal that will shake up the industry. Cooper joins multinational professional services firm MinterEllison's ...

Vision Super in hot water over coal investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Vision Super has found itself in hot water after analysis revealed it has purchased $2.2 million worth of Whitehaven Coal stocks after walking back its fossil fuel exclusion policy last year. The super fund changed its environmental, social and governance ...

States and feds step up on nature and resources

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... set a national '30 by 30' target to protect and conserve 30% of land and marine areas by 2030. It's part of Australia's updated Strategy for Nature under Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Environment Minister Tanya ...

Morningstar reveals top three undervalued stocks

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Dexus perform better than most in the long term. "More than half the portfolio is rated Premium by Property Council of Australia guidelines and most of the rest is A-grade," it said. "Dexus' portfolio has held up relatively well in major downturns ...

Climate Change Authority appoints new chair

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Akopiantz of Assembly Climate Capital. Akopiantz is a non-executive director at KPMG, a chair at Environmental Leadership Australia, alongside multiple other director and chair positions. Kean will chair the CCA following the departure of current chair ...