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FS Sustainability launches ESG Power50 nominations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Treasury announced a long-anticipated sustainable finance strategy. This year has also brought challenges in the form of greenwashing investigations, causing companies to rethink they ways in which they implement their ESG targets and objectives. The ...

ASIC considering wider lens for greenwashing focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC is considering widening its greenwashing focus to include net zero statements, use of terms like "carbon neutral" and the scope and application of investment exclusions and screens. "Our enforcement actions in response to concerns of greenwashing ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia. "Promoting the consistent and precise use of terminology in responsible investment will help to reduce greenwashing and introduce greater consistency among asset managers in developing and marketing responsible investment products," Carroll ...

Impact investing as greenwashing antidote: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... portfolios around metrics such as direct revenue with real world social and/or environmental impact may be a solution to greenwashing, according to T. Rowe Price. Recently, T. Rowe Price global impact equity strategy Hari Balkrishna was in Melbourne ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... the shareholder, the market and societal interests at large, O'Brien said. ACCR is currently in the midst of a greenwashing lawsuit against Santos. FS Sustainability understands this suit would not have been able to be filed if the proposed phase-in ...

PRI to shake up reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... That's quite an important question." As regulators are setting standards for disclosure on sustainability and policing greenwashing, PRI and its reporting systems have to evolve was well, Fabian said. "We broadly accept that as regulators set in, the ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... let's think about the externalities in taking a silent approach," Yoon said. Although regulation and challenges like greenwashing are a high area of focus for clients, there is still space for active ownership and being stewards of capital, Yoon said. ...

France "Say on Climate" law scrapped

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... amendment to be withdrawn. Antoine Laurent, advocacy lead at Reclaim Finance, said the move was ostensibly to combat greenwashing. The research NGO said that a lack of framework could lead to greenwashing by issuers - who seek to have their climate strategy ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... pressure to set aspirational goals backed by realistic short, medium and long-term targets that do not fall afoul of greenwashing accusations. The challenge is huge - according to Acadian Asset Management, the ASX300 has about a 20% probability of achieving ...

Climate fund assets reach half a trillion dollars

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... None are aligned with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5-degree Celsius. We're not saying climate funds are greenwashing. The fact is that they're investing in a tiny pool of companies and countries on track or close to being on track to achieve ...