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HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
HESTA has paid $37,560 to comply with two infringement notices issued by ASIC for misleading statements. ASIC alleged the $100 billion super fund made misleading statements in paid advertisements about its commitment to removing carbon emissions investments. ...

Canadian fund manager pinged for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) accused Purpose Investments of greenwashing, saying it overstated how seriously it considered ESG factors for almost four years. Purpose Investments is a Canadian fund manager with about $22 billion in funds under ...

CPA calls for stricter rules on sustainability claims

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
CPA Australia has called for stricter rules to govern the naming and marketing of managed investment and superannuation products to protect consumers from misleading sustainability claims. Responding to the Treasury consultation on sustainable investment ...

Santos accused of covering up methane leak

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Santos is facing claims its Darwin LNG facility has been leaking methane for two decades. The Environment Centre NT obtained documents by way of a Freedom of Information request that show the Darwin LNG facility has been leaking methane. The leak is ...

ASX-listed miner to pay $7.5m over whistleblower breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
ASIC has landed its first scalp in relation to whistleblower protections, with TerraCom Limited paying $7.5 million for whistleblower victimisation. In what was the regulator's first outcome for contraventions of whistleblower provisions, TerraCom ...

Australian Ethical lifts investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has increased investment fees and costs for super and pension options, effective August 1. The $8.9 billion super fund said for those invested in the Conservative, Balanced, Growth and High Growth options, the lift in fees and costs ...

Podcast: Enhancing emission transparency

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way podcast, Financial Standard 's Eliza Bavin talks with Carl Prins, co-founder and chief executive of PathZero, about the challenges superannuation funds face in managing climate-related financial risks when it comes ...

Green moves: Landcom, Oaktree, Rebuilt

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Carbon data firm Rebuilt has welcomed Caroline Noller as an expert advisor. The appointment reflects Rebuilt's focus on using artificial intelligence to accurately measure and label carbon footprints at scale. The platform aims to provide industry-standard ...

Equity Trustees fined by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Equity Trustees was fined nearly $60,000 by the regulator for making misleading statements about the holdings of a sustainable bond fund. Equity Trustees agreed to pay three infringement notices totalling $56,340 over allegations it made misleading ...

Instos eye climate tech startups

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Responsible investor Australian Ethical and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have each committed $15 million into the first close of the new fund curated by Climate Tech Partners (CTP). CTP is a local climate venture platform deploying capital ...