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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 previously. Toohill will also step back from participation as Westpac's representative on the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Banking Board and the Net Zero Banking Alliance's (NZBA) governing Steering ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... statements - including from former chief executive Phil Stockwell - that it eliminated investments that posed a risk to the environment and the community, including gambling, coal mining, and oil tar sands. Court documents showed that Active Super said ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... renewable products and technologies; limiting harm to nature, for example through recycling, waste management and environment services; and empowering people to pursue interest and projects they value both individually and collaboratively. The negative ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) has this week launched the first Green Treasury Bond. The $7 billion sovereign green bonds will mature on June 21, 2034 and settlement will occur on June 14. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche ...

Holdings fly in face of super duty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Aussie super funds' recent ramp up of fossil fuel holdings breaches their fiduciary duty and puts Australian retirements at risk, researchers say. Despite net zero by 2050 commitments, Australia's largest 30 super funds nearly doubled fossil fuel exposure ...

One in three analyse physical climate risk: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... whole-of-portfolio interim targets, adaptation and resilience, analysing and acting on physical risk, improving Australia's policy environment, ramping up corporate engagement and stewardship. Only a small proportion of investors analyse and act on physical ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... under development: electricity generation and supply; minerals, mining and metals; and construction and the built environment. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Co-CEO Estelle Parker said the news is a milestone in Australia's ...

Fossil fuel funding down 20pc: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... group of more than 500 organisations in 69 countries joined forces to endorse the research, including Doctors for the Environment Australia, Friends of the Earth Australia, and Australian Architects Declare Climate & Biodiversity Emergency.

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... a "huge" shift. Regardless of personal preferences, many people across the political spectrum want to preserve the environment and care about human rights. According to data from the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA), 88% of Australians ...