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AI and crypto mining to drive energy opps: PGIM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... fund manager is quick to stress that fossil fuel will remain part of the landscape in the years ahead. "For investors with ESG goals or decarbonisation commitments, the inescapable arithmetic of global energy demand and supply means that fossil fuels ...

Fintech group nabs ESG lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Louisa Scott has started as director of ESG for Automic Group, the financial services tech platform. She joins an existing team which includes another director-level consultant in the Sydney office, Owen Morrison. It is part of a growth drive in the ...

Westpac looks for next CSO

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability-linked product offering, engagement with leadership to raise capability, and customer support. The FS Sustainability ESG Power 50 winner said she leaves the role "optimistic" and "excited". "I feel I have done the best of what I can do ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Active Super has been found guilty of misleading the public with false claims about its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials. The profit-to-member fund, which is set to merge with Vision Super in March 2025, made claims on its website ...

Podcast: Nature-related financial disclosures with TNFD's Tony Goldner

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
When it comes to ESG, there are so many acronyms. From TCFD to ISSB, GRI and GSSB. But today, we are talking about reporting against the TNFD - that is, the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures. With nature-positive the new buzzword at ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... excludes nuclear energy, and the development, refining and transportation of fossil fuels. Morningstar's Sustainalytics, the ESG performance ratings provider, gave a second party opinion confirming that the green bond framework credible and impactful. ...

One in three analyse physical climate risk: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... economy for decades to come." The IGCC report was produced in collaboration with Lonergan Research, S&P Sustainable1, ISS ESG, JANA and Pathzero. ISS ESG is owned by ISS STOXX, which also owns ISS Media, publisher of FS Sustainability.

Podcast: Disability inclusion - the missing piece of ESG investing with Corene Strauss

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... workers' compensation claims to better leadership styles, disability inclusion has emerged as the missing puzzle piece in DEI and ESG investing. Yet, people with disabilities are employed at a rate 30% lower than the general population. So why are ...

Accountants say digital is key

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 lays out a new regime. According to Workiva, 90% of ESG practitioners find it challenging to adapt reporting processes to comply with the new rules. 87% of firms prioritise ESG ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... constant in our industry is change," Rachel Alembakis, stewardship manager at U Ethical said. "The broad umbrella category of ESG investing has seen real swings and rallies this decade - with strong returns and massive inflows from 2020 to 2022 as stocks ...