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NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... to electric vehicles and recycling. At the same time new technologies and production approaches are lifting the sustainability of our farms." The CEFC has contributed close to 80,000 similar projects since inception. It is part of NAB's push to become ...

Looming climate audits expose talent crunch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Approved this week, Australia's new sustainability audit timelines have sparked concerns around the readiness of businesses scrambling to fill a skills shortfall. Thousands of progressively smaller entities will gradually fall under the mandatory disclosure ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... widening between genders. Of 1800 surveyed professionals across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, Australian chief sustainability officers are the highest paid, with an average potential earnings package of $759,012. NZ salaries lag, averaging 26% ...

Green bank returns $5.4bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... and... greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets". CEFC has "made considerable progress in finance for household sustainability and electric vehicles, which can have an immediate benefit for consumers," CEFC chief executive Ian Learmonth said. And in ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... real estate advisory board, and at Gateway Bank, a customer-owned bank which manages roughly $1 billion and offers sustainability-linked home and personal loans. Passionate about gender equity, she will also continue in her role as co-chair of the International ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA). The interoperable standards mark "an important evolution in global sustainability reporting and assurance," IAASB chair Tom Seidenstein said. There are two new directives: IAASB's International Standard ...

Podcast: Net zero infrastructure, data centres and renewable integration with David Scaysbrook

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... centres - particularly with the rise of AI. The host of The Greener Way is Rose Mary Petrass, senior journalist at FS Sustainability. Stream all episodes of the podcast here.

Green moves: S&P, Northern Trust, Magellan, Maple-Brown Abbott

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Lucchese has farewelled the global ratings and research group S&P following a restructuring of its energy transition, sustainability and services teams. Lucchese now seeks a senior position in investment management or a company where she can help drive ...

Salter Brothers secures green loan for luxury retreat

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Alternative investments manager Salter Brothers has secured a sustainability-linked loan from the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) for an undisclosed sum. The funding will be put towards expanding Salter Brothers' luxury retreat portfolio. Interest rates ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... where he spent almost four years in client accounts and platform development with his final role being that of a sustainability analyst. Finally, Australian Retirement Trust has appointed a BT operative to a newly created position of executive general ...