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American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... high. The US-based ESG leader says that although confidence in the sector has dropped due to economic pressures, greenwashing concerns and politicisation of sustainable investing, business models predicated on harnessing human capital are poised to reap ...

Super funds ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... and positive portfolio construction. And this should be overlaid with how the Safeguard Mechanism works, ASIC's greenwashing crackdown and other enhanced ESG reporting initiatives." Dunnin said super funds have by and large done an "extraordinary ...

Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... investor roundtable in Brisbane, the government also announced it will provide an extra $4.3 million to crack down on greenwashing by businesses. The funding will be provided to ASIC to expand its surveillance and enforcement functions. The government ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Inadequate data, fear of greenwashing and economic pressures is stalling progress on sustainability, according to a new study from Google Cloud. The study, conducted by The Harris Poll, found that greater accountability, better measurement and management ...

South Korea leads with ESG fund disclosure taskforce and anti-greenwash laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG investment environment that meets global standards by resolving investor information asymmetry while preventing greenwashing and inducing responsible management. This comes as earlier in the week the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong proposed mandatory ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... decoupling" data across 14 years and found that boardrooms with more equal gender representation were less prone to greenwashing. A 2020 study from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency found that profitability, performance ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... development for our long-running Certification Program, particularly at a time when there is a growing focus on eliminating greenwashing in the financial product labelling market. "Our role through certification is to lift the standards of practice in ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... commented. "It's about biodiversity, communities, and all of the values that we all share in this room." Navigating greenwashing and "greenhushing" It's not all smooth sailing. With a lack of standardized metrics for measuring impact, as well as ...

New Zealand regulator warns Vanguard for disclosure failure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Investments for failing to officially inform them that ASIC had issued infringement notices relating to instances of greenwashing. The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) - Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko - has issued a formal warning to Vanguard Investments Australia ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... transparency, verification and standardization on gender-related bond issuance, serving as a means of combatting greenwashing, Shahnaz said. "To qualify as an Orange Bond, transactions are expected to align with three overarching Principles: gender-positive ...