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Coalition plans to scrap climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Zenith's Dugald Higgins is adamant that ESG is here to stay - despite the Coalition's plans to scrap climate reporting requirements if elected. The negative political sentiment around ESG and climate reporting are not going to do away with ESG considerations ...

Energy market not fit for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... net zero transition, according to the Clean Energy Investor Group (CEIG). Market settings are outdated and built for the coal and gas era, says CEIG chief executive Richie Merzian. Merzian is concerned that large-scale energy projects in wind, solar ...

Green moves: S&P, Northern Trust, Magellan, Maple-Brown Abbott

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The high-profile Désirée Lucchese has farewelled the global ratings and research group S&P following a restructuring of its energy transition, sustainability and services teams. Lucchese now seeks a senior position in investment management or a company ...

Coalition's anti-ESG stance sparks investor backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Bank recently denied financing to Tasmanian logging company TP Bennett and Sons. The bank has no direct lending exposure to coal, coal seam gas, crude oil, natural gas, native forest logging projects. Opposition leader Peter Dutton said: "Banks are there ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... screening policies. Scottish Widows' index-tracking OEIC funds excludes companies involved in controversial weapons, thermal coal, tar sands and tobacco. The Scottish Widows Ethical Fund avoids investments in companies involved in social problems, destruction ...

GFANZ pivots amid climate alliance shake-up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
A major climate group bids adieu to three major institutions - with one firm saying it will focus on a different group which will no longer require members to adopt net zero targets. Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) just lost Citigroup, Morgan Stanley ...

Most popular podcast episodes of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... projects. Listen here. 4. Divestment, impact, and that good stuff with Future Super's Sharon Davis This super fund has no coal, oil and gas holdings, and an ethos rooted in ethical investment with a focus on clean energy and social impact projects. ...

Investors "not interested" in nuclear

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... energy-based transition, Merzian said. "The risk with this policy is extending the need for Australia's reliance on its aging coal plants, which are already faltering and causing significant issues with our grid." Meanwhile, the Climate Council accused ...

Big names back plastics phaseout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors alongside peers signaled its support for a strong global agreement on plastic pollution, even as the treaty was stalled at the final stages. BNP Paribas, Fidelity and Robeco threw their weight behind the Global Plastic Treaty; alongside ...

Investors dismiss US federal court case

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a Federal Court case claiming the firms "conspired to artificially constrict the market for coal through anticompetitive trade practices". It claims the three firms acquired substantial shareholdings in all major listed ...