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Technology transforming biodiversity risk assessments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
Biodiversity impact assessment is emerging as a crucial framework among firms that strive to mitigate environmental impacts and provide comprehensive climate reporting data. Asset manager Franklin Templeton partnered with Melbourne University's ...

Private wealth, public impact: Family offices go sustainable

VINNAY CCHODA  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
Private wealth is reshaping global capital markets, with family offices and the ultra-wealthy emerging as increasingly influential players. Once discreet vehicles for preserving intergenerational fortunes, family offices have evolved into sophisticated ...

The hidden climate risks in asset owners' portfolios

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
In partnership with Swiss Re, MSCI released Hidden in Plain Sight: Physical Risk in Asset Owners' Portfolios. The report analysed the portfolios of 18 leading global asset owners to reveal the extent of physical climate risks these players face. ...

False exclusion claims see Prime Super fined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
Prime Super paid a penalty of $18,780 after it claimed it "excluded entirely" manufacturers of tobacco products when it had indirect holdings in six companies. ASIC issued an infringement notice to the $8 billion super fund over misleading statements ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
HESTA has paid $37,560 to comply with two infringement notices issued by ASIC for misleading statements. ASIC alleged the $100 billion super fund made misleading statements in paid advertisements about its commitment to removing carbon emissions investments. ...

Canadian fund manager pinged for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) accused Purpose Investments of greenwashing, saying it overstated how seriously it considered ESG factors for almost four years. Purpose Investments is a Canadian fund manager with about $22 billion in funds under ...

CPA calls for stricter rules on sustainability claims

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
CPA Australia has called for stricter rules to govern the naming and marketing of managed investment and superannuation products to protect consumers from misleading sustainability claims. Responding to the Treasury consultation on sustainable investment ...

Santos accused of covering up methane leak

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
Santos is facing claims its Darwin LNG facility has been leaking methane for two decades. The Environment Centre NT obtained documents by way of a Freedom of Information request that show the Darwin LNG facility has been leaking methane. The leak is ...

ASX-listed miner to pay $7.5m over whistleblower breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
ASIC has landed its first scalp in relation to whistleblower protections, with TerraCom Limited paying $7.5 million for whistleblower victimisation. In what was the regulator's first outcome for contraventions of whistleblower provisions, TerraCom ...

Australian Ethical lifts investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has increased investment fees and costs for super and pension options, effective August 1. The $8.9 billion super fund said for those invested in the Conservative, Balanced, Growth and High Growth options, the lift in fees and costs ...