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ESG-informed investing does not lead to positive sustainability: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
New research highlights that rigorous frameworks are necessary for evaluating environment, social, and governance (ESG) investment potential, while adding that not all ESG-informed investments will translate into a positive sustainable outcome. The ...

APESB releases ethics, independence standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Reporting Standards S1 and S2 issued by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and the Australian Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ASSA) 5000 issued by the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB).

Green moves: Landcom, Oaktree, Rebuilt

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... artificial intelligence to accurately measure and label carbon footprints at scale. The platform aims to provide industry-standard carbon footprint reports for small and medium-sized businesses. "A global trailblazer in embodied carbon and founder of ...

Platinum executives depart amid merger talks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... adviser presentations. After five years, he left the asset manager, and did a short stint in Singapore, helping to build Standard Chartered's equities broking business. But, Isles returned to work with Kerr Neilson in 2013 as an investment specialist ...

J.P. Morgan tests carbon credit tokenisation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
J.P. Morgan is working on a blockchain technology that would tokenise global carbon credits, believing it could solve issues around transparency and standardisation. Kinexys is J.P. Morgan's blockchain unit, and it's working with S&P Global Commodity ...

Financial materiality of nature-related risks now clear: TNFD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
A new paper from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) demonstrates the financial consequences of nature-related risks are already being felt by businesses and the global economy. The report, jointly authored by the University ...

Australian Ethical drops fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has made changes to its insurance offering to provide Standard Default Cover members with a higher level of coverage at all ages, while also reducing fees for most age groups, while other age groups will see costs unchanged. From ...

Talent exodus hits Zenith, Lonsec and Evidentia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Founder and investment director David Wright is set to leave Zenith in September, as previously reported. He told Financial Standard that contrary to market speculation, he is not joining Ascalon after his departure on September 5. It's not just ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...

Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... the comparability of investment products and sustainability disclosures. "The Australian taxonomy will provide a common standard for green and transition finance in Australia, helping to accelerate the allocation of capital towards activities that enable ...