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ART outlines road to net zero 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio by 43% by 2030 on the way to net zero by 2050. The $260 billion super fund has released its Net Zero 2050 Roadmap, outlining how the fund plans to ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Climate change, gender equality, decent work, and natural capital and biodiversity loss are priorities for one major Australian superfund when it comes to the 2023 ASX300 AGM season. HESTA, which has approximately $76 billion in assets under management ...

Kyoto credits cancellation brings tough implications for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... is tougher than before. The cancellation "sends a further signal to the investment community that the climate wars of Australia are over and there is a definite position on climate policy moving forward," Donovan said. "This provides certainty and confidence ...

Warakirri AM properties certified sustainable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Warakirri Asset Management's more than 160,000 acres of properties have been certified under the Leading Harvest Australia Farmland Management Standard. The certification covers property operated by Warakirri under its various strategies including the ...

Podcast: Alex Banks - she speaks for the trees

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... The Wilderness Society that found that financiers do not assess and disclose deforestation and biodiversity loss in Australia and may not even be aware of the risk when funding Australia's primary industries. The report also found that deforestation ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... next phase of sustainability in business, analysing results from 3,000 executives around the world, including 250 in Australia to assess sustainability practices and challenges as well as forward strategy. Australian leaders lag their global peers on ...

Go digital for ESG, financial reporting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... recently authored a report, Embracing the power of digital corporate reporting: A mandate for change, which posits that Australia should move in line with other world markets to convert financial reports to a machine-readable format that assigns tags ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... issue. It is now squarely a central and strategic risk management issue." Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia CEO Andrew Petersen commented that the framework is going to "help business to be more transparent on impact on nature". ...

Higher ESG means stronger ROI: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... traded companies across four geographic regions (World, North America, Western Europe and Asia), 12 countries/markets (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, (Hong Kong SAR), India, Japan, South Korea, the UK and the US) and 11 industries. ...

Responsible investment AUM declines but uptake increases: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... leading approach to responsible investment. The report also identified that 93% of all professionally managed funds in Australia are "managed by investors with a public commitment to responsible investment." RIAA also identified 54 fund managers as Responsible ...