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ASIC considering wider lens for greenwashing focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. ASIC has two other active civil court actions over greenwashing allegations, having ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the laws of war. The violence between Hamas and Israel is front of mind, as is the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but there are more than 100 armed conflicts currently underway in the world. Fauve Kurnadi, a legal adviser on international ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... they did not benefit from soaring oil and gas prices, while their non-ethical peers reaped the advantages of the war in Ukraine. However, ethical funds now seem to be outperforming. Their performance over the last financial year compared favourably with ...

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. The markets regulator has commenced civil penalty proceedings alleging "misleading ...

Seismic shift expected in global energy mix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... demand will peak within the decade as countries move away from fossil fuels - a shift hastened by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, McKinsey & Company forecasts that power consumption is expected to triple by 2050 as electrification and living ...

Amid economic uncertainty, "overlooked" co-ops and mutuals thrive

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... $2.05 billion, were also listed as top performers. Agribusiness co-op profitability was impacted in 2022 by the war in Ukraine, which simultaneously caused sharply higher grain prices on commodity markets and increasing fertiliser input costs, resulting ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The forthcoming International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards will reshape the way businesses report and allow investors to make better decisions to allocate capital to sustainable projects, according to the IFRS Foundation ...

RIAA launches armed conflict toolkit for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... between two or more states, where there is a military occupation or invasion of one state by another. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is front-of-mind for many around the world, but a panel discussion supporting the launch of the armed conflict toolkit ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... significant local and international events, including the catastrophic floods in NSW and Queensland, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, rising global inflation, and a corresponding rise in interest rates and cost of living. Notably, the tumultuous start to ...

First Sentier Investors to focus on armed conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... "With conflict, there are so many directions," she said. "It's identifying companies that are implicated in Russia and Ukraine, then it's about where there are JVs or supply chains or customer relationships that's hard to dig down on. In ...