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ASIC consults on guidance for carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... mechanism reforms. The proposed updates, which address reforms to the financial services and markets section of the Corporations Act 2001, are open for feedback until 3 July 2024. It also responds to changes in the regulatory landscape for carbon markets ...

Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Indigenous communities' needs must be prioritised in investment decisions, and trust must be built through representation. Colonisation has had a profound impact on Indigenous peoples' identity and knowledge, panellists at the Responsible Investment ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... nurses, carers and administrators while more men are lawyers, bankers, and pilots," Griselda said. Under the Workplace Relations Act 1996, employers must provide equal remuneration to men and women who perform work of equal value. The Workplace Gender ...

Younger members drive demand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
UniSuper lifted the veil on the appeal of sustainable investment options to the fund's younger members at the RIAA conference on Thursday. In a remarkable sign of transparency in front of its peers, UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun shared member ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... create shareholder value?" While there is no argument as to the moral imperative, it is "commercially smart" for businesses to act on disability inclusion, and for investors to "play their role in influencing business to care about this topic and put ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Corporate watchdog chair Joe Longo has underlined the regulator's hardline approach and said compliance leads to more profitability. Responsible investors must ensure their products are true-to-label in order to avoid greenwashing, the Australian ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Prepare to be dazzled - or bulldozed, as the case may be - as sustainable investing goes through a whirlwind transformation in the next six years, says the chief executive of the nation's third-largest super fund. Speaking at the Responsible Investment ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... reputational risk if they misstep on First Nations issues. Since the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act was passed in 1984, just 1.9% of heritage protection applications have been successful. This means you're more likely to ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
A lack of AI regulation poses a serious threat to human rights, as digital privacy is invaded, intellectual property is stolen, algorithms are trained by human bias, and discrimination and deepfake pornography proliferates the internet. If AI is not ...

RIAA launches Sustainability Classifications Initiative

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
A crucial new initiative offers investors a greater level of transparency and clarity, empowering them to meet their responsible investing goals while avoiding greenwashing. It will help consumers, advisers and others to compare the degree to which ...