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Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Chinese, and South Korean fishing companies toil under extremely exploitative conditions often for up to 20 hours a day, seven days a week. Many of the workers surveyed by Yea were promised salaries of AU$300-600 per month, only to later discover that ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... want to advance sustainability efforts, but no one knows how to actually do it," 72% of respondents said - an increase of seven percentage points from last year. 84% of executives believe their sustainability initiatives would be more effective if leadership ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Pacific region, according to research from BNP Paribas. The ESG Fund Disclosure Standard Introduction Task Force will include seven unnamed asset managers -selected based on the scale of their ESG funds - as well as industry trade group Korea Financial ...

CEFC invests $80m in private equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed up to $80 million in a private equity fund that will invest in a range of mid-market companies while driving decarbonisation at the same time. CEFC will invest in Crescent Capital Partners' seventh ...

Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... experiencing the effects. But it's not too late. Solutions are available to reduce emissions by at least 43% over the next seven years. It is vital that governments and businesses invest in renewables and other green technologies. The financial industry ...

Exploding the glass cliff myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... at recent appointments - those over the last 12 months - what's interesting is that number has risen to around one in seven, and increasing, whereas as total appointments of males is still large, but it's fallen," he said. "The gap is massive ...

More greenwashing investigations ahead: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The court case against Mercer superannuation for allegations of greenwashing is "just one of the investigations we have on foot," ASIC chair Joe Longo said. "We will do what we need to do to make sure entities are not misleading the market" on greenwashing ...

ASIC takes Mercer to court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... characteristics of some of its superannuation investment options." ASIC alleges Mercer made statements on its website about seven 'Sustainable Plus' investment options offered by the Mercer Super Trust. ASIC notes that the Sustainable Plus options ...

ASIC issues Indigenous Financial Services Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... framework, with the leadership and insights of First Nations peoples, will be an important contribution to achieving those aims. Seven Advisory managing director Mary Delahunty called the new framework "a welcome challenge to the financial services sector ...

COP15 success requires investor buy-in: Mirova

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Zaouati created within Natixis in 2014, has been evolving its approach to biodiversity and natural capital for the past seven years, he said. "Nature and biodiversity is an important topic of ESG analysis," Zaouati said. "We started to look at first ...