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Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... energy transition, modern slavery, and corporate responses to social and environmental challenges. With a rise in greenwashing litigation, the course is designed to equip students for real world settings. Corporate law is no longer confined to the boardroom ...

Weak whistleblowing protocols risks ethicswashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... 'ethicswashing' and enforcement by the regulator, warns global reporting services provider Report It Now. You've heard of greenwashing, greenhushing and socialwashing - now meet ethicswashing, the practice of appearing to be ethical while not actually ...

ETF fund flows hit US$16bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... particularly as net inflows to this category remain positive. Morningstar believes 2025 might be a reset year, with anti-greenwashing rules reshaping the ESG fund market, companies re-affirming or scaling back their sustainability commitments, and governments ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... flux in Australia as mandatory reporting begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related fraud, the standards aim to boost confidence and transparency with a focus on investor protection. The International ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... noted. "Some individual states took legal action to limit the incorporation of ESG criteria in investment decisions. "Greenwashing concerns remained a persistent concern for investors."

High ESG score? More likely to greenwash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... reflect a company's true environmental impact - in fact, there is a positive correlation between high ESG scores and greenwashing. Companies with high ESG scores are more likely to greenwash - particularly large ones, new research published in Finance ...

Green careers in silent crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... New insights reveal sustainability professionals are fighting anxiety, loneliness, imposter syndrome, and internal greenwashing, both at home and abroad. A UK study has revealed 43% of green professionals are the sole staff member responsible for sustainability ...

The big green investing trends of 2025

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Standard, and an increasing focus on transition plans, will boost sustainability-linked bonds issuance. New EU anti-greenwashing rules may force 30-50% of funds to rebrand, with some adjusting strategies or closing. In Australia however, Bioy does not ...

Top consulting firms pilot SAP carbon tool

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... board of SAP SE. "Only by moving from averages to actuals - audited at reasonable assurance - can freeriding and greenwashing be avoided, thereby protecting such valuable investment and our planet." The tool aligns with the ISSB, and Europe's CSRD, ETS ...

Most-read articles of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... immune finally began feeling the pinch in October. Read here. ESG ratings risk greenwash ASIC's roll call of greenwashing interventions released in September highlighted a flaw in ESG ratings as a reliable metric for fund managers, a global index ...