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Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... focus on climate resilience and responsible investing. Indigenous financial wellbeing organisation Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) recently launched its first ESG strategy with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing at the centre. Priority ...

Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... their intent to propose a nonbinding resolution at October AGM. Coles will receive a similar notice in two weeks. In Australia, shareholders can propose resolutions at general meetings with at least 100 collaborators. FS Sustainability understands at ...

Podcast: Investing in low-carbon, energy-efficient green buildings with Davina Rooney

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... journalist at FS Sustainability welcomes Davina Rooney on to the podcast. Davina is CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) - a group helping steer Australia's built environment sector towards highly efficient, low carbon, healthier ...

Asset manager defends climate group exit

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... independent engagement with debt issuers remain unchanged." The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), which runs CA100+ in Australia, said recent departures from the initiative came amidst continuing politicisation of ESG and did not affect Australian ...

Regulator hones in on greenwash as climate laws tighten

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... notices totalling over $123,000, and initiated civil penalty proceedings against Active Super and Vanguard Investments Australia. It also closed its case against Mercer Super, which was ordered to pay $11.3 million. ASIC's scrutiny revealed firms are ...

Green job market heats up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... for applicants. Connealy has held CEO roles at the Australian Podiatry Association, the Public Relations Institute of Australia, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia Australia, and the Mary MacKillop Foundation.

Senate passes landmark climate reporting and net zero authority laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... and transition plans. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), representing 75% of managed funds in Australia, welcomed the legislation as a "game-changer" but stressed that temporary limited liability should not extend beyond the three-year ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... it's an acknowledgment of the sacrifices so many women make for their families," Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Mary Delahunty said. "For too long, women have carried the burden of reduced superannuation simply because ...

Aussie funds loyal in climate group exodus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The local rep of an influential climate group assuages doubts around the flight of financial firms worth roughly $7.84 trillion, saying Australian firms are still committed. A wave of US asset owners and financial advisors recently exited the Climate ...

KPMG prints first climate risk report

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's best interests to be adequately prepared for both the risks and opportunities that climate change presents to Australia and our wider region," COO and head of corporate affairs in Australia, Eileen Hoggett, said. "We know that a changing ...