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Rainmaker names ESG leader super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... their sustainability practices." Rainmaker also considered funds' net zero commitments, gender diversity among its management and senior executives, investment screening and the quality of their portfolio holdings disclosures.

Grim stats for company, investor net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... current trajectory, raising new risks for financial and corporate investment stability. According to Acadian Asset Management, the ASX300 has about a 20% probability of achieving net zero by 2050, based on their AI and large language model (LLM) technology ...

Legal changes put sexual harassment on par with workplace safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Cairns said. "It emphasises the need for a wider approach to managing culture including a culture transformation or management strategy, specific metrics related to culture and psychosocial risk, programs around speak-up, proactive management of sexual ...

Exiting emissions-intensive assets may not reduce climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... consequences. Following deep consultation with Australian and New Zealand investors with more than $30 trillion under management, the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) warns that sellers have a responsibility to consider the buyer's ESG policies ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... near Goondiwindi and Rockhampton. Extensive testing and auditing demonstrated the Burnhams' adoption of new land management practices resulted in the equivalent of 126,222 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions being sequestered into their soils over ...

KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... institutions in collaboration with KPMG sustainability professionals. The course is available at all levels, from non-management to executive-level leadership, covering topics including circularity, reporting, and risk. This follows the release of KPMG's ...

US regulator slaps US$25m penalty on DWS for greenwashing, AML

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
DWS Investment Management's American operations will pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission US$25 million to settle charges stemming from greenwashing claims and failures to develop an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program for mutual funds it advised. ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian superfund when it comes to the 2023 ASX300 AGM season. HESTA, which has approximately $76 billion in assets under management globally, laid out four priority areas for its responsible investing and active ownership as it prepares its proxy ...

US regulator adopts tighter rules for ESG fund names

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... approved the rule change on a 4-1 vote, Amanda Wagner, the senior special counsel for the SEC's division of investment management, explained that funds have flexibility to reasonably define the terms in their name. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce ...

Kyoto credits cancellation brings tough implications for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... "Good climate policy and energy policy is good for the economy." Carbon markets expert Luke Donovan from Apostle Funds Management commented that the move sends a strong message to the Australian business and investment community that the government's ...