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High ESG score? More likely to greenwash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... greenwashing. Companies with high ESG scores are more likely to greenwash - particularly large ones, new research published in Finance Research Letters finds. Academics Sebastian Utz, Manuel Kathan, Jens Eckberg, Lea Chmel and Gregor Dorfleitner looked ...

Subscription EVs attract HESTA, IFM interest

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... markets. The company recently secured $300 million in debt financing from Macquarie and $40 million from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which will be used to add thousands more vehicles. "Splend is a high quality, rapidly growing business with ...

Podcast: Overcoming barriers to financing the First Nations business sector with Jake Berthelot

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... philanthropic investment in Indigenous businesses. Berthelot, a Potaruwutj Padthaway man, was drawn to a career in strategy and finance and now works to empower First Australians to harness their cultural, creative and economic strengths so that passionate ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... sustainability journey; from risk management and reporting to industrial decarbonisation and identifying the opportunities to finance a more sustainable future." This comes as the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) unanimously elects EY corporate ...

Most popular podcast episodes of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... returns. Listen here. 3. Banking on the future with Australia's green bank - with Richard Lovell of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) Over the past decade CEFC has invested over ten billion dollars in decarbonising Australia with an annualised ...

HMC Capital unit beefs up Melbourne office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... hired Nimi Peters, CK Chang and Justin Lynn to work with Victorian clients. With over ten years of experience in property finance, Lynn is tasked with delivering tailored funding solutions to property developers in the state. He has a banking background ...

IFM adds ex-CIO to equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainable investing strategies. McIntosh has over 25 years' experience in investment management and quantitative finance as a global equities portfolio manager, investment strategist and investment chief. He joins from Optimal Alpha Investment ...

The big green investing trends of 2025

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... will evolve rapidly as ESG regulations impact transition investing and boost sustainable bonds issuance. Biodiversity finance and artificial intelligence ethics are now seen as financially material risks for investors. "2025 is shaping up to be a pivotal ...

Most-read articles of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... and fossil fuels. Read here. Super battle: Impact investing vs returns A new campaign urged Australian super funds to finance ESG matters in March, as asset owners pushed back against such member demands. Read here. Broader job pain finally hits ESG ...

Big money urged to leverage influence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... power and engage with government policy, as well as steer investee companies' climate lobbying activities, argues climate finance think tank InfluenceMap. On these themes, Aegon, Allianz, and Phoenix Group were named as leaders. These firms stood out ...