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Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority, says ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... companies or reporting entities will now provide four reports to the regulator, namely its annual financial report, the directors report, the auditor's report and, from March 2026 next year for Group 1 entities, a sustainability report. Under a phasing ...

HESTA divests MinRes over ongoing governance issues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... issues, and the issues indicated a systemic failure of governance. We have since regularly engaged with senior leaders and directors at the business to encourage action we believe necessary to restore investor confidence," HESTA chief executive Debby ...

TNFD guides board directors on assessing nature-related risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... assessing nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. The first guide, released this week, is for board directors. Further guides for different audiences will be released over the next year. The guide is produced in collaboration with ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... from Perpetual, where he started as a graduate in 2021. Finally, Cbus Super has welcomed Mark Fagan to the board of directors. Currently, Fagan is operating chief at The Australian Workers' Union. The super fund noted: "Mark brings extensive skills ...

Sustainable real assets boutique launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... founders have all worked together at Lighthouse Infrastructure for the past five years; Johnston and Hooper were managing directors, while O'Dea was investment director. Individually, the also bring experience working with the likes of Hastings Funds ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... and called on ACSI attendees to help. Evans said while Australia's Modern Slavery Act has some "weaknesses", company directors have started having open discussions about the issue. "I now have very engaged and informed conversations with directors as ...

ASIC releases sustainability reporting guidelines

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... it added sections on climate scenario analysis and disclosing Scope 3 emissions; included more specific guidance for directors of reporting entities; and included additional guidance on applying the sustainability reporting thresholds. It also revised ...

Green moves: CSIRO, Ethinvest, Social Enterprise Australia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Belinda Morrissey has stepped down as chair and was replaced by board member Alexie Seller. Morrissey has led the board of directors since the organisation was launched three years ago to represent for-profit businesses that tackle social or environmental ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... becoming increasingly vocal about cyber security as a governance responsibility, with ASIC recently issuing warnings that directors may be held personally liable for governance failures that lead to cyber breaches," said Daniel Kitt, the head of distribution ...

Woodside investors urged to sack the board over dud returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... is on notice as the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) urges investors to clean house, blaming directors for chronically weak returns and climate risk failures. The ACCR filed members' statements opposing the re-election of all directors ...