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Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Mercer Superannuation Australia has been slapped with a whopping $11.3 million penalty by the Federal Court on the back of an ASIC-led greenwashing investigation. Mercer was found to make misleading statements on its website about seven Sustainable ...

Podcast: Can the market solve climate change? Climate finance with Blair Palese

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Reduction Act will crowd in more than $3 trillion US dollars of investment over the next decade. The Future Made in Australia Act has been billed as Australia's response to the US IRA - but are taxpayer dollars better spent elsewhere? Today, we discuss ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
ANZ bank, fund manager Nuveen and the Australian Department of Finance and Trade (DFAT) are part of a steering committee backing Indonesia's move to raise $1.5 billion in gender-based capital by next year. The agreement was struck at a roundtable meeting ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... attracted a diverse mix of pension, sovereign and insurance, as well as funds, endowments and family offices across Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe. Co-founder and managing partner David Scaysbrook said the close demonstrates investor confidence ...

NZ investors to buoy positive impact funds, fears greenwashing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Positive impact fund managers should direct their efforts towards the New Zealand market after an investor survey last month found three in four New Zealanders want to invest in positive impact strategies. The annual survey, Voices of Aotearoa: Demand ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... and ACCR. ACCR company strategy lead Naomi Hogan called the activities "hypocritical and a breach of trust". Rio Tinto Australia CEO Kellie Parker apologised and acknowledged the breach of trust. A spokesperson told FS Sustainability it would continue ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Climate data provider ISS ESG removes one of the biggest hurdles for banks and insurers looking to comply to imminent emissions disclosure laws. This week ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX, announced a string of upgrades to its Climate ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... the future plant. Their initiative to establish a renewable fuels industry is touted to be the first of its kind in Australia. It builds on their existing feasibility work to develop feedstock supply and production capacity of renewable fuels, including ...

Podcast: Moving business towards a low carbon economy with Jon Dee

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... including Planet Ark, DoSomething, and National Recycling Week. He is also the chair of the Forest Stewardship Council of Australia and New Zealand. Host Rose Mary Petrass, Senior Journalist at FS Sustainability, sits down with Jon to find out how to ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... data show ESG funds were hit hard by outflows in the June quarter, but some strategies and fund managers are thriving. Australia and New Zealand sustainable funds suffered $1.2 billion in outflows (US$800 million) in the three months to June, compared ...