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Regulation drives ESG advice boom

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... initiatives amid growing climate awareness and regulation has corporates rushing to comply with mandatory sustainability disclosure laws. The first tranche of large corporates and financial firms must report their carbon emissions starting this year ...

Coalition plans to scrap climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Zenith's Dugald Higgins is adamant that ESG is here to stay - despite the Coalition's plans to scrap climate reporting requirements if elected. The negative political sentiment around ESG and climate reporting are not going to do away with ESG considerations ...

Looming climate audits expose talent crunch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... scrambling to fill a skills shortfall. Thousands of progressively smaller entities will gradually fall under the mandatory disclosure regime over the next five years. The Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) has set sweeping new requirements ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The sector is not ready for mandatory reporting, according to a much-awaited remuneration survey highlighting the highest-paid green roles. Specialist recruiter Talent Nation's fifth annual remuneration report shows an upward trend in demand for ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... significant sustainable investment opportunities in a changing global landscape. Regulatory momentum - including enhanced disclosure requirements, net-zero targets, and green finance initiatives - has created an urgent need for investors to adapt and ...

TNFD adds to sector guidance, scores funding

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released final guidance on four new sectors and draft guidance on a further three, as it also nets strategic funding from The Rockefeller Foundation. The TNFD has released final sector ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... funds shed €4 billion, marking the 15th consecutive month of net outflows. Under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Article 9 funds are 'dark green' strategies which have sustainable investment as their primary objective. ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... of investment product and solutions, head of retirement and acting head of platforms. Most recently, he was head of disclosure and transaction enablement which meant leading the sale of Westpac's wealth business. Before BT, he worked at Challenger ...

BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... a company that gives special consideration to environmental factors," he said. BlackRock has agreed to increase its disclosure of proxy voting practices and implement compliance measures, including audits by a third-party service to monitor adherence ...

ESG linked to pay in top APAC listed firms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Three-quarters (74%) used ESG metrics. Australian companies use ESG metrics in 92% of incentive plans, according to WTW. "The disclosure and prevalence of ESG metrics used by companies in APAC continue to vary and are influenced by the level of disclosure ...