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Accountant ethics board drafts new sustainability benchmarks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability-related reporting." Alan Johnson, chair of the IESBA and IAASB Stakeholder Advisory Council, and independent corporate director and chair of the Good Governance Academy, stated that the exposure drafts reflect "the increasing demand for ...

Senior appointments at ag managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... has hired Nikki Jordan to the newly created role of head of sustainability. Jordan will report to Warakirri managing director Jim McKay and will "lead the development of Warakirri's groupwide Sustainability and ESG strategy and oversee its implementation ...

Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... is designed to give Shell a shareholder mandate to drive the energy transition," he said. Rathbones Group stewardship director Matt Crossman commented: "With 2023 being the warmest year on record, and COP28 signaling 'the beginning of the end of the ...

NSW can achieve electricity reliability without coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... beyond its mooted closure date in August 2025 over concerns of reliable electricity supply. But Climate Energy Finance director Tim Buckley said that NSW is well placed to provide electricity via renewables and battery and thus extending the life of ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Fortescue Future Industries, and founding shareholder in several multi-billion-dollar startups. Kolodziejczyk served as director of hydrogen and clean tech at Boston Consulting Group and chief scientist at Fortescue Metals Group. "Element Zero will help ...

JBWere appoints philanthropic services head

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Jayde Ward joins the private wealth management company as its new director of philanthropic services, bringing over 13 years of experience in governance and strategic advice. Ward, who is a Wiradjuri woman from her mother's side, was born and raised ...

Ethical ETFs AUM surges in 2023: Betashares

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... ethical and responsible ETFs amid the fastest rate hiking cycle in a generation," said Betashares responsible investments director Greg Liddell. "The growth in ethical and responsible investing via ETFs is an ongoing trend that is driven by investors ...

Podcast: Banking on the future with Australia's green bank

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... each dollar of CEFC capital attracts just over five dollars of additional private capital to projects. CEFC Executive director Richard Lovell joins us for this conversation to talk about the past decade and the future of green investment in Australia. ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... improving drought resilience as the first step to then finding and funding products and services, said Beanstalk AgTech director Cal Archibald. "We are working with industry, drought hubs, companies and farmers to get clarity on what the big challenges ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... catastrophic climate change [and its] impact on their ability to carry out their duty to beneficiaries," Duncan Paterson, director of investor practice at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), told FS Sustainability. Over 70% of reviewed companies ...