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Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... requests, and asking the right questions are essential for stronger ESG. But Patricia Cross, OFX chair, Transurban director, and board member of Future Fund disagreed, saying investors don't have a strong understanding of the internal workings of ...

30% women a minimum for boards under new ACSI policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies that do not have a minimum of 30% women in board positions face votes against male director re-elections as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) updates its voting policies for members. ACSI's new voting policy ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... equitable partnerships. "You can't have green without orange," Leah Armstrong, a Torres Strait Islander, is an advisory board member at the Nature Conservancy and managing director of First Nations Capital Ltd. Orange is the colour of reconciliation. ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainability is the official media partner to the conference. Mirova CIO Jens Peers, independent director and advisory board member Fiona Reynolds, RIAA executive manager Estelle Parker, and professor of political science and associate dean international ...

No pause button on greenwashing action: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... 2023-2024. Transparency through mandatory disclosure In late 2021 ISSB was established by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) - a set of accounting standards that govern how ...

Companies urged to act on greenwashing ahead of new ISSB framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Commission's (ACCC) crackdown on greenwashing and the forthcoming release of the new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards that will be released in June. Nicole Mohan, national sustainability lead and principal, risk advisory ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... emphasised. "This is not just good for business," she said. "It's actually necessary for the business community to get on board with this.... Environmental responsibility is a necessary precondition for businesses today, for attracting and retaining ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... step in recent history towards reconciliation with First Nations Australia." He said that getting the investment sector on board is critical to hold industry to account, especially with regards to heritage issues. These heritage issues include recent ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said that without a sustainable finance taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council ...

Super funds ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Super fund ESG options on average have "sharply reduced" exposure to BHP, Woodside Energy and Transurban while being overweight CSL, Telstra and ResMed, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information has released its most recent Rainmaker ...