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Media a strong influence on corporate decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia lagged behind on other metrics. 81% of Singaporean leaders believes that it was important for employees to see the company's position on ESG, while 57% of Australians said the same. More than half of Singaporean leaders surveyed (58%) said ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
A Perth mineral technology company has raised US$10 million in seed funding to harness clean energy to process iron ore reportedly without producing carbon dioxide emissions. The funds will be used on research and development, engineering, and project ...

BlackRock admits stakeholder pressure on ESG a risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... announced it will invest $550 million to build a direct air capture (DAC) facility in the US state of Texas which the energy company developer says will be the world's largest. In its latest Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q there is no mention of the ...

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 ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... essential to protecting a healthy economy and safeguarding against systemic risks to portfolios. It marked proxy voting, company engagement and policy advocacy as key to its strategy to influence the decision-making of companies, governments, and markets ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Investors and regulators could be liable for trillions of dollars in potential damages from climate lawsuits - but are failing to take this threat into account when evaluating risks to their investments. Investors are focusing on physical and transition ...

Treasury publishes climate disclosure legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... disclosures to the market regulators, with remedies limited to "injunctions and declarations." Australian Institute of Company Directors managing director and CEO Mark Rigotti said investors are "searching for higher quality and more fulsome climate ...

Carbon markets heat up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... has acquired a minority stake in renewable energy certification platform Evident for an undisclosed sum. The UK-based company provides independent environmental markets registration and certification - an important transparency mechanism for both companies ...

Northern Trust pulled up for greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... NiSource, and Power Assets Holding. US-based DTE Energy has a fossil fuel mix of 68.58%. NiSource, another US-based energy company, relied on fossil fuels for 95% of its energy as of the latest available data in 2020. Hong Kong firm Power Assets Holding ...

Podcast: New year, new portfolio - ethical investing with Louise Edkins

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Petrass chats with Edkins about risk tolerance, financial returns versus positive impact, and how to evaluate whether a company or investment product aligns with ethical criteria in the current global economic and geopolitical climate.