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CEFC gives $160m to sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Australian construction projects. The CEFC and RECP IV will co-invest in construction debt facilities to lift sustainability standards. Primarily lending to residential and commercial office projects, the projects selected will measure and demonstrate ...

Glass Lewis acquires investment stewardship platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... and investment stewardship programs. It was created to "address data and workflow inefficiencies, and evolving global standards that have created higher expectations on investors to better substantiate their engagements with results and outcomes tracked ...

Advertisers to adhere to new Environmental Claims Code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... in the fight against greenwashing. Effective March 1, advertisers and marketers across Australia must apply rigorous standards when making environmental claims. It is intended to "complement and reinforce" the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

Board directors targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... requirements. The regulator has released eight proposals in what marks the first "significant update" of its governance standards in more than a decade. The regulator said it's looking to raise the minimum standards for the fitness and propriety ...

Are founder-led companies a risk? With Lawrence Lam

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... founder-led companies can be more at risk of corporate management shortfalls and pose a need for more rigorous governance standards. Lawrence Lam joins host Rose Mary Petrass on the podcast. He is the managing director and founder of Lumenary Investment ...

Green moves: Re-Vi, Aware Super, Insignia Financial

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... will lead the the newly legislated climate risk assessment and reporting per the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards. The new standards came into effect in January this year. Gaskin was most recently the manager of stewardship at VFMC. Before ...

Super moves: Qantas Super, VFMC, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... contribution to the newly legislated climate risk assessment and reporting per the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards. The new standards came into effect in January this year. Gaskin was most recently the manager of stewardship at VFMC. Before ...

EV boom fuels lithium surge, but risks are significant

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... added. "Companies like Vulcan Energy are innovating with zero-carbon lithium extraction, which could redefine industry standards." Vulcan Energy Resources' zero-carbon lithium project in Germany leverages geothermal power and water recycling technologies ...

Banks' culture, conduct has government committee 'deeply concerned'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... big banks are urged to continue refining their strategies in relation to the climate transition and maintain rigorous standards to ensure they don't inadvertently contribute to human rights issues. The committee also highlighted growing concerns around ...

CA ANZ issues warning over new financial standards body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) has warned the government that not including practicing accountants on its new financial standards body is "akin to having a medical standards board without a practicing doctor". The Australian Accounting Standards ...