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SEC criticises proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slammed the oligopolistic nature of the proxy adviser industry and floated the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to upend their stronghold. Brian Daly, the director of the SEC's division ...

Sustainable investing trends for 2026: Morningstar Sustainalytics

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... and covers most of the ocean globally. Similarly, the International Sustainability Standards Board is set to develop a nature-related standard in 2026, that draws on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) framework. Prioritisation ...

Green moves: Foresight, Tattarang

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... governments and corporations. In the new role, he is tasked with expanding Foresight's work in climate risk, sustainability, nature-based solutions, human rights and modern slavery, and helping grow its partnerships and alliances. Jeyaretnam worked ...

Consultation for Community Benefit Principles open

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... guide the government's approach to implementing the principles. These include that they are proportionate to the size and nature of the Future Made in Australia support provided; robust but flexible, allowing communities and industry to work together ...

The benefits of modern slavery due diligence laws in Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... actual honest internal, cross functional conversation about what the company's modern slavery risks are at the moment." The nature of these risks, the company's current strategy to address these risks and identification of any current discrepancies are ...

Green moves: Macquarie AM, RIAA, U Ethical, UNLESS Financial

ELIZABETH FRY, ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... round of hires. UNLESS Financial recently appointed Francie Doolan (Garretto) to the newly formed advisory council and nature finance specialist Guy Michael Williams. Merzian currently serves as chief executive of the Clean Energy Investor Group, the ...

Embedding biodiversity risk assessments requires incentives: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... of desire out there in businesses, businesses that want to do the right thing, to have a simple, standardised measure of nature so that they can say is this activity nature negative or nature positive, using a simple index." "Unfortunately, nature is ...

ANZ shareholders deliver 'clear message' at AGM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... said. "The support for the resolution demonstrates that investors are increasingly aware of the economy's dependence on nature. "ANZ is at an early stage in understanding deforestation risk. While many banks are monitoring deforestation, ANZ is yet to ...

Green moves: Future Generation Women, Tanarra Social Purpose

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... management. In yet another appointment at UNLESS Financial, its advisory board continues to expand with the appointment of nature finance specialist Guy Michael Williams. An ecologist and professional sustainability consultant, Williams brings more than ...

Technology transforming biodiversity risk assessments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... across investment portfolios. "We started looking at the tools that were claiming to measure the impacts of businesses on nature, usually providing a single metric or maybe one or two measures," Wintle said. "We found around 20 different tools that claim ...