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BlackRock moves on natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The world's largest asset manager has quietly acknowledged that natural capital is now an investable asset, not an externality. Traditionally, environmental factors like water, land, and biodiversity were seen as externalities - important, yet separate ...

Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... in professional settings, show how quickly Australia's corporate landscape is shifting in response to new government regulation. Academic and lawyer Tim Bowley said the new Monash course covers the legalities of ESG at large corporations. Bowley previously ...

Consultancies jump on skills gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Safety company UL Solutions and OpenEngagement, a stakeholder engagement and governance advisory firm, are partnering to help firms prepare mandatory climate reports as consultancies experience growing demand amid a talent shortfall. UL Solutions will ...

Investors must take a long-term view: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... innovations and scalable solutions." Government interventions like the EU Green Agenda, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the directive on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) are critical. Robeco believes net zero initiatives ...

Regulation drives ESG advice boom

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Information Services Group (ISG). A doubling down of sustainability initiatives amid growing climate awareness and regulation has corporates rushing to comply with mandatory sustainability disclosure laws. The first tranche of large corporates and financial ...

ESG not dead yet: Fidelity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... positive change, with impact investing, exclusionary screening, individual company engagement and government policy and regulation among the top strategies, Tan said. "As an active manager and steward of client capital, we have a part to play in moving ...

Coalition plans to scrap climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... jurisdictions represent over half of global GDP, including 70% of Australia's export partners," Higgins said. While regulation is converging globally, some politicians, companies and investors in the US and EU are scaling back on ESG amid changing geopolitical ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The global ethics watchdog has issued fresh directives on judging green claims, with the minutiae still in flux in Australia as mandatory reporting begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... €4 billion, marking the 15th consecutive month of net outflows. Under the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Article 9 funds are 'dark green' strategies which have sustainable investment as their primary objective. However ...

Oaktree veteran jumps to Avari

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... and portfolios and other special situations. The real estate specialist began his career at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority before moving to Macquarie, where he was a senior analyst in the risk management group. Avari Capital was founded ...