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Green moves: RIAA, Ownership Matters, Pollination Group

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... role in advancing responsible investment across Australasia especially with its ongoing focus on standards, certification, policy, advocacy, and leading practice in responsible investment. The outgoing chair recently departed Australian Ethical, where ...

Active Super to pay $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... penalty relate to misrepresentations made on its website, while $2 million was apportioned to misrepresentations in its SRI Policy Statement. About $1.5 million respectively relate to PDS fact sheets published in 2021 and 2022. Active Super and Vision ...

Net zero, energy transition key election items: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... while also setting the 2035 target at 65-75% below 2005 levels. "The government is developing plans intended to provide a policy framework to reduce emissions in every sector towards the net-zero goal," Grattan noted. "These plans should be consolidated ...

IFM, partners get $250m injection for renewable fuels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... IFM said the measures support the industry's efforts to establish an Australian LCLF industry, providing further crucial policy signals to drive investment in local production capacity and feedstock supply chains. Under the MoU, IFM and Ampol are progressing ...

Deputy chair appointed to ARENA board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... of experience from time spent with the World Bank, Clean Energy Financial Corporation, and other government and public policy roles. Meantime, Stephen McIntosh has also been reappointed to the board, having served on it since 2021. McIntosh has over ...

Advertisers to adhere to new Environmental Claims Code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... just traditional marketing content but also images, sounds, and broad or vague environmental claims," AANA director of policy &and regulatory affairs Megan McEwin said. "It also mandates that any claims about future sustainability targets be realistic ...

SSGA abandons gender diversity targets

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... expectations in its March Summary of Material Changes to State Street Global Advisors' 2025 Proxy Voting and Engagement Policy. SSGA said it recognises that many factors may influence board composition, including board size, geographic location, and ...

BlackRock ditches diversity targets, drops hiring mandates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... the law in every respect," the memo said. "Recently, there have been a number of significant changes to the US legal and policy environment related to [diversity, equity and inclusion] that apply to many companies, including BlackRock. "In light of this ...

Australian Ethical sees path through anti-ESG push

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... that recent anti-ESG moves create a unique opportunity for ethical investors. Despite short-term disruptions caused by policy shifts from the new US administration - such as expanded fossil fuel extraction, a ban on offshore wind projects, and withdrawal ...

Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... and poverty, the future looks increasingly uncertain, according to Angela Jackson, lead economist at Impact Economics and Policy. With Australia heading into an election year, potential interest rate cuts, and the looming threat of a trade war, uncertainty ...