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Future Super returns 10.1% to ethically minded members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... of responsible investing, avoiding fossil fuel companies means we have more space to embrace other, growing sectors like tech, AI, health, and renewable energy. Locally, the fossil fuel sector was not a strong performer this year, while globally the ...

Morningstar boosts ESG focus with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Morningstar has appointed Michelle Cameron as the commercial leader for Sustainalytics in Australia. Cameron has decades of experience leading sales, customer management and service teams in financial services with a focus on sustainable finance and ...

SBTi chief Luiz Amaral to step down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The group tasked with defining best practice in science-based emissions reduction goals seeks a new CEO. Luiz Fernando do Amaral will step down from his role for personal reasons at the end of July. Susan Jenny Ehr, currently chief legal officer, will ...

ISO to launch first net zero standards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will develop its first international net zero standard to launch at COP30 in November 2025 in Brazil. The standard will be an expansion of the ISO Net Zero Guidelines launched at COP27. It aims ...

Clean energy trends are "unstoppable"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Portfolio exposure to the clean energy transition is a vital tool in an investor's toolbox, amidst low overall growth which in some countries has turned negative or become unstable, a global investment manager says. The long-term trend toward electrification ...

DEI peak body firms up leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... initiative for businesses in Australia, and a one-time UN Women advisor. She is a senior advisor at Accenture and co-chairs the tech council of Australia's media and marketing committee. She is an active member of Chief Executive Women, a graduate ...

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 ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Climate philanthropists can maximise the impact of their donations by focusing their funding on decarbonising heavy industry exports, a study found. A report titled High-Impact Climate Giving in Australia by Giving Green, found that investors and philanthropists ...

Social TCFD-equivalent seeks leaders

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) seeks a director, a head of engagement, and four co-chairs for its working group. The TISFD is a Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-equivalent for social ...

Pollination targets climate tech start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... and nature. "This investment is helping to underpin the first early-stage fund in Australia to combine climate and nature tech, making sure that the opportunity for investors matches market demand as the world mobilises to address the climate and nature ...