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Two new ETFs for Franklin Templeton

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... FRGG portfolio manager Francyne Mu said: "We look globally for financially sustainable business models, and proven management teams that are focused on the creation of shareholder value. We utilise the results of this analysis to build a concentrated ...

Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... including major investors that have recently exited the CA100+ such as BlackRock, State Street and JP Morgan Asset Management. This contradicts claims investors are leveraging active ownership towards better climate governance. Market Forces looked at ...

Three innovations to fix carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
With effective risk management and capital allocation, Australia's carbon market can scale to become the biggest in the world, Westpac and the Carbon Market Institute (CMI) say. Companies are shifting from a focus on carbon neutrality to net zero alignment ...

Upskill needed as mandatory reporting looms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... with 77% considering it a cost rather than a value-creating opportunity. These findings come from Kearney, the global management consulting firm. "The perception of sustainability as a cost instead of an opportunity is unfortunately a short-term business ...

Podcast: Boeing, Qantas and corporate governance in aviation with Megan Motto

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Qantas and ongoing Boeing scandals, investors - and the public - are asking questions on corporate governance, risk management, and ethical conduct. Today we chat with Megan Motto, CEO of the Governance Institute of Australia - a professional association ...

Borrowers pressured for plans as Scope 3 left in dust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... underway, with shareholder resolutions at large listed companies increasingly focusing on climate. Banks and asset management firms are facing pressure to publicly disclose their proxy voting records on climate-related shareholder resolutions. BlackRock ...

Flawed carbon credits add to business risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... projects (HIR) is one of the most common nature-based offset types. These do not involve planting trees; they include land management changes that promote regrowth of native vegetation, largely by reducing livestock numbers. But this form of carbon offset ...

ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... have occurred between August 2018 and February 2021. As at February 2021, the fund had about $1 billion in funds under management. The claims were made via a variety of mediums, including in 12 product disclosure statements, a media release about the ...

Shared Value founder heads up regional alliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... things up for resilient future generations. "SECCCA is at the nexus of my skillset, which is stakeholder relationship management, strategy, and problem-solving." SECCCA was established 20 years ago to help councils meet net zero targets. Since then ...

Historic data stymies climate risk pricing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... have "a broader responsibility when it comes to climate change beyond effective consideration in day-to-day portfolio management. A desire to deliver climate change outcomes can have financial materiality and this requires a deeper level of analysis ...