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Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... History tells us it won't be a good thing; we will see slower economic growth in the long term and lower living standards. "The risk is huge, the uncertainty that's been created by the Trump Presidency is difficult for investors to navigate... these ...

Podcast: Decommissioning offshore oil and gas with Joshua Runciman

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... pollutants. With LNG markets declining and ageing offshore oil and gas infrastructure representing an environmental safety risk, titleholders are now having to decommission offshore infrastructure. This process represents an estimated $60 billion liability ...

Climate transition poses GFC-level risk: Emmi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... value is projected to be wiped out by carbon pricing impacts. The findings come from an Emmi analysis of climate transition risk for the outstanding debt of over 42,000 listed companies, totalling $38 trn (US$24 trn). More than $314 billion (US$200 bn) ...

Investors still drawn to DEI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Goldman Sachs are the latest to de-emphasise diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies due to new US government directives. The US political climate is driving pushback against ESG, with corporates ...

Weak whistleblowing protocols risks ethicswashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
ESG commitments without whistleblowing infrastructure in place risk 'ethicswashing' and enforcement by the regulator, warns global reporting services provider Report It Now. You've heard of greenwashing, greenhushing and socialwashing - now meet ethicswashing ...

Consultancies jump on skills gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Safety company UL Solutions and OpenEngagement, a stakeholder engagement and governance advisory firm, are partnering to help firms prepare mandatory climate reports as consultancies experience growing demand amid a talent shortfall. UL Solutions will ...

Asset managers react to news 2C is 'dead'

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... net zero portfolio alignment methodologies, sector transition pathways, and adaptation to climate change to reduce physical risk. HESTA and Alphinity - both of which are signed up to Paris-aligned asset manager initiatives - recognise that climate changes ...

Green moves: HSBC, ACSI, Minderoo, The Superpower Institute, QLD Office of Social Impact, Terrain NRM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... South32, providing leadership and co-ordination of strategy, governance and performance related to sustainability-related risk and opportunity. Prior to this, she worked at BHP for nearly 12 years in environmental sustainability and climate resilience. ...

High-profile stockpicker hires from WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Accordingly, he leads the real assets manager research team in Australia. Before joining WTW, Kelly spent 8 years with PwC in the risk and controls solutions practice and was a senior Manager when I left PwC in 2012. Interestingly, Zinurova moved to ...

ART, MLC AM, HESTA name directors

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... outgoing director Deborah Cole for her contribution over the past 10 years, serving as deputy chair and recently chair of the risk committee. "Through her tenure, Deb has also served as a member across all the HESTA committees. We are incredibly thankful ...