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ASIC issues more greenwashing fines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... 'polluting and carbon intensive activities', 'financing or support of activities which cause environmental and social harm' and 'poor corporate governance'." ASIC said that while Cruelty Free Super applied some investment screens ...

ASFI outlines roadmap for sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... there might need to be principles base technical screening criteria, and that will likely, depending on the objective, or social or environmental, be realistic about data availability, and whether it's a quantitative or more qualitative assessment." ...

ANZ leads issuance of US$50m gender-lens bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... rising impact-washing." The transaction complies with ICMA Sustainability Bond Guidelines, ASEAN Capital Markets Forum's Social Bond Standards and UN SDG Impact Standards. It also complies with the Orange Bond Principles, a set of standards that ...

TCorp reports $2 billion in new green, sustainability bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Chandler noted. Part of that has meant focusing on delivering sustainability bonds that have features of environmental and social assets, rather than smaller lines, specifically social bonds. "We could do a social bond that is labelled to say, education ...

New Forests launches ANZ forestry and agriculture fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... well. Australia is a massive net importer of softwood while New Zealand is a net exporter. There will be slightly different social pressures as well. New Zealand wants productive landscapes in the traditional sense - they want that job creation, fiber ...

FSI names new global head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... and in our own business is put structure into our engagements and really put this work to meaningful purpose by putting social issues in the spotlight. "That's been a big focus - human rights and social issues more broadly. Another area is marine ...

Acacia Money hires former GetUp! CEO to exec team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Climate tech platform Acacia Money has hired the former head of GetUp! as its new chief growth officer. Paul Oosting joins the leadership team for Acacia, a financial technology and platform business that connects people's banking, super and any investment ...

Australians cite ethical investing as advice gap: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Australian investors say that they would stop using or switch their financial adviser for not providing advice on ethical/responsible investments, according to research from Investment Trends. Investment Trends has released the 2022 Financial Advice ...

FS Sustainability launches ESG Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... professionals who are actively shaping the agenda and implementing the strategy on a wide variety of material environmental, social and corporate governance issues. "When we came up with the idea of an ESG Power50, we wanted to call out performance across ...

US Dept of Labor green-lights ESG integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... fiduciaries can take into account the potential financial benefits of investing in companies committed to positive environmental, social and governance actions as they help plan participants make the most of their retirement benefits," said Secretary ...