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Responsible investment key to wealth transfer conversation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Advisers who incorporate responsible investment into conversations about intergenerational wealth transfer see higher client satisfaction than those who don't, according to new research from Australian Ethical. Australian Ethical released Opportunity ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has identified sustainable finance governance and greenwashing as one of three key focus areas for action in 2024. Speaking at this week's annual forum, ASIC chair Joe Longo said sustainable financial reporting and disclosure, better consumer outcomes ...

Greenwashing a barrier to responsible investment uptake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Investors considering responsible investment products say greenwashing, lack of understanding of methodology used by managers and a desire for financial advice first is stopping them from investing. According to the third 2023 Responsible Investing ...

Call for investment to spur ethical fashion education

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
While more consumers are aware of the power of their spending, cost of living pressures are hindering Australians from making ethical consumer choices. A new report from Baptist World Aid Australia and Be Slavery Free finds that while three in four ...

ASIC considering wider lens for greenwashing focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC is considering widening its greenwashing focus to include net zero statements, use of terms like "carbon neutral" and the scope and application of investment exclusions and screens. "Our enforcement actions in response to concerns of greenwashing ...

Australian Ethical backs infrastructure debt funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has allocated more than $100 million to two infrastructure debt funds that provide finance to renewable energy and social infrastructure projects. Australian Ethical has backed the Infradebt Ethical Fund and the Infradebt Energy Transition ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Three global investment bodies have collaborated to develop a standard set of definitions for the most common terms in responsible investing. CFA Institute, the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), and Principles for Responsible Investment ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Approximately $260 billion of all outstanding Australian bank loans, or 22% of bank lending, are highly exposed to nature-related risk. Ernst & Young Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation released a report finding that banks that are ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Construction materials company Boral is in investors' spotlight after walking back its 2025 interim net zero commitment on the way to decarbonizing by 2050. Investors participating in the Climate Action 100+ engagement with Boral, a list participant ...

Does sustainable investing underperform?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The market value of sustainable ETFs has seen a meteoric rise, from about US$350 million in 2012 to almost US$100 billion at the end of 2022, but new research questions whether that growth was built with manager skill. 2020 saw large outperformance ...