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Climate a top concern for Australia's C-Suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... identified as the third most pressing issue of focus for 2023, behind the economic outlook and competition for talent. Australian organisations were more likely than global peers to call out impacts of climate change including 53% citing operational ...

CFA Societies in call for uniform ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... The focus on creating complementary guidance to regulatory regimes extends to Australia and the taxonomy work of the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI). "CFA Institute is leading some of the work globally - the institute, along with the ...

Bloom raises $525,000 in seed funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... duty to unpack what we mean by sustainable investment, and being super transparent." The fund is comprised of a mix of Australian equities, international equities, infrastructure, domestic alternatives, fixed income and cash. Bloom has hit a key milestone ...

IML launches Sustainable Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Value fund manager IML has launched an active ESG focused fund investing in Australian equities. The IML Sustainable Future Fund has been seeded by Natixis Investment Managers. IML integrates ESG as 25% of their quality scoring framework, and the Sustainable ...

Chubb Review recommends reforms to ACCU governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
An independent review of the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) scheme has found the integrity of key methodologies is generally "sound," while recommending improvements to governance and transparency. The results of the Independent Review of Australian ...

Australian businesses exposed to EU carbon levy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Australian businesses must prepare for the impacts of a forthcoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) from the European Union, according to EY. In recent weeks, the EU has reached agreement on the structure of the CBAM, which would place a financial ...

Podcast: How to spot greenwashing

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... Pabon, corporate sustainability consultant, former UN advisor and analyst, and author, joins us to speak about what Australian businesses of all sizes can do to ensure they are not contributing to the rising prevalence of greenwashing, how to spot it ...

ASIC issues more greenwashing fines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... issued by ASIC in relation to concerns about alleged false or misleading sustainability-related statements made to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) between 23 December 2021 and 8 September 2022. ASIC called BME out over statements in three ASX ...

ASFI outlines roadmap for sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has made key recommendations on a sustainable finance taxonomy that is science-based, usable, operates with other international jurisdictions and meets the need of the Australian economic context. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... colour of SDG5: Gender Equality. The Orange Bond Principles are driven by a steering committee including IIX, UN CDF, Australian Aid, the US DFC, Nuveen, ANZ and others. "The Orange Bonds Principles are similar to Green Bond Principles in that they serve ...