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Music mecca hits the right note for nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... protected, and TEM has now offset over 11 million tonnes of carbon emissions across 30 countries. Projects include TEM's April Salumei project in Papua New Guinea - the largest rainforest conservation project in the country. The scheme also invests in ...

Regulator hones in on greenwash as climate laws tighten

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... mandatory climate reporting looms, according to ASIC commissioner Kate O'Rourke. The regulator has taken action 47 times between April 2023 and June 2024, including two Federal Court cases and over $123,000 in fines. This comes as the Senate passed mandatory ...

Woodside's US$2.35bn gamble raises doubts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... record 58.4% of shareholders that voted to reject Woodside's Climate Transition Action and 2023 Progress Report at the April AGM. Pacifying shareholders was "a major imperative" to Woodside's decision to purchase the ammonia plant, Buckley said. ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Super Trust (MST), including last year's successful merger of BT Super into the MST," he said. Minto joined the board in April 2021 and has 45 years' experience in financial services, including 26 years in chief executive roles. "Jim Minto brings ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... deployed to sustainable projects. The launch follows a four-week roadshow across APAC, Europe and the UK, undertaken in April and May 2024. Meetings with investors based in North America and other locations were held virtually. AOFM met with 147 investors. ...

Global investors unite for Climate Action 100+

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... that all investors "have an obligation to protect the value of their assets for the beneficiaries of their investments". In April, independent research institute Market Forces found six of the 10 largest CA100+ investor members are lagging on leveraging ...

ESG managed accounts hit $16 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... efficiencies, including time savings, in their business. BT added 94 managed portfolios in the 12 months leading up to 30 April 2024. The total number of managed portfolios surpassed 400. Head of managed accounts Zac Leman said: "We continue to build ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... large part is tipped for circularity. The Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group released its first interim report in April. It recommended a Productivity Commission Inquiry into resource efficiency, a National Circular Economy Framework, a national ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... by guarantee, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by Chartered Accountants ANZ (CA ANZ) between 12 and 17 April 2024 and found members were not happy about the new obligations. "No one is denying the importance of material climate related ...

MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... environmental science, climate risk and sustainable finance. As FS Sustainability 's sister magazine Industry Moves reported in April, Lucchese recently joined MLC Life Insurance as sustainability manager. Prior, she was the head of ethics and impact ...