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Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has filed a suit against Active Super over greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. The markets regulator has commenced ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... human rights; and Indigenous rights and perspectives. The taxonomy project is designed to provide a common standard for green and transition finance, helping accelerate the allocation of capital towards sustainable activities to achieve Australia's net-zero ...

Podcast: Responsible Investment - why does it matter? With Jonathan Armitage

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode brought to you by CFS Thrive+, we'll be discussing the big picture of responsible investing and why it matters to end investors and the advisers who are assisting them. Joining us for this conversation is Colonial First State Chief ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... kind, will provide New Zealand businesses with access to capital for decarbonisation and boost skilled job creation, funding green energy solutions like solar, wind, green hydrogen and battery storage. It will look to crowd in investment from Crown companies ...

Climate disclosure lawsuit against Commonwealth settled

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... interim target, is pursuing mandatory climate disclosure standards and is proceeding with plans to issue Australian sovereign green bonds. When contacted by FS Sustainability, Barnden declined to comment, citing the confidential nature of the head of ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Development Goals and industry frameworks and standards such as the International Capital Markets Association's' Green and Social Bond Principles. Citigroup has also committed AU$1 trillion to sustainable finance by 2030, and HSBC between ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... (which many of these indices rely on) are also coming under further scrutiny in both Europe and the UK. Ultimately, until green taxonomies are widespread, and definitions become more harmonised, the ESG or sustainability characteristics of these indices ...

Podcast: Solving the social housing crisis - Casey Taylor

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, we're talking investing in affordable housing with Casey Taylor from Conscious Investment Management. By any conceivable measure, affordable housing is a crisis in Australia, with a variety of potential mechanisms ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Financial institutions, central banks, regulators and governments underestimate the economic damages of climate change because they don't consider climate tipping points. Methodologies that guide the finance world should be corrected as a matter ...

Finding opportunities in the energy transition: IML

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... more efficient with drilling tech, not overusing explosives, and investing in new R&D activity with the government to trial green hydrogen that can be turned into ammonium nitrate." There are opportunities to invest in companies that are transitioning ...