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Major indices provide ESG clarity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Biodiversity Risk dataset to assess nature-related impacts and dependencies across a company's direct operations at an asset, company and portfolio level. "S&P Dow Jones Indices' approach to index design reflects a holistic view of the vast sustainability ...

Canberra funds $111m EV transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... purchase EVs from manufacturers. Federal clean tech investment vehicle ARENA will advance $4.76 million to car rental company Europcar to enable it to add 3100 new electric passenger vehicles to its Australian fleet over three years. Europcar will partner ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... (ETFs). All ESG ETFs contain screens to remove companies that are adjudged to have violated international norms." The company maintains "constructive dialogue" with "certain international companies that are economically active in Myanmar." Part of this ...

Directors sweat on climate: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... concerned about climate change, 70% also saw opportunities in addressing it. The data comes from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) in collaboration with advisory and investment firm Pollination. The Climate Governance Study 2024 showcases ...

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... internationally recognised Global Reporting Index (GRI). The index used a 5-star rating system to rank how many GRI standards a company reports on, and how comprehensively. Assessed sectors include financial services, energy, healthcare, IT, real estate ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... by performance headwinds many ESG strategies have seen during that period, he says. Higher interest rates have affected company valuations and the performance of renewable energy stocks. Aversion to ESG investing, driven by political motives, has impacted ...

Funds SA hires ESG expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... groups on human rights and natural capital. Thorpe previously worked as an energy and environment manager at Tokyo-based GR Company, the government relations and strategic public policy firm, and as a project and executive officer at Primary Industries ...

Looking beyond the gender pay gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... doesn't give reasons behind the gap - but the WGEA says it mostly represents men working in higher-paid roles within a company. Paying men more for the same job is illegal in Australia. Unadjusted pay gap data "doesn't compare like-for-like pay ...

Business calls for 12-month climate reporting delay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... wheels" to prevent "risking failure." This comes as Treasury considers a 6-month delay raised by the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Treasury is also considering an extension to modified liability to class action lawsuits and private litigators ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... the statements in the PDS," the regulator said. "ASIC believes that applying a negative screening process which allows a company to derive up to 33% of its revenue from an excluded activity is not seeking to avoid investments in those activities." ASIC ...