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Disclosure of climate risks doubles in four years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... story, not just what's in the balance sheet or profit and loss statement. Accountants play an important role in sustainability and climate reporting that enables investment and business decision making. It's about the long-term environmental impact ...

UBS delays climate target to 2035

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... flagged it is scrapping its mission to align 20% of total assets within its asset management unit to net zero. In its Sustainability Report 2024 released this week, the global bank said it revised targets to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions to net zero ...

5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... proportion of sustainable investments based on the specific ESG terms used in a fund name; the terms being environment, sustainability, impact, transition, social, and governance. For example, funds with the 'ESG' or 'SRI' in their name ...

Podcast: Understanding climate reporting

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
In this episode of The Greener Way, host Michelle Baltazar, director of media at FS Sustainability, discusses the newly implemented climate-related financial disclosure standards in Australia with Nicholas Guest, co-lead of HLB Mann Judd's Sustainability ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... from Franklin Templeton. At Franklin Templeton, Meng was chair of the Asia Pacific region, executive sponsor of sustainability, head of global private equity and led the China business. Meng joined from the California Public Employees' Retirement ...

Westpac launches social term deposit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... to seeing how our Social Tailored Deposit with Westpac performs and contributes to improving social outcomes and sustainability across a range of measures." Meanwhile, La Trobe University chief operating officer and vice president (operations) Mark Smith ...

Green moves: RIAA, Ownership Matters, Pollination Group

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... brings experience in financial analysis, portfolio management, and risk mitigation. "My focus is on integrating sustainability into energy market strategies, and I'm committed to developing innovative solutions that align energy market opportunities ...

CEFC gives $160m to sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... in Australian construction projects. The CEFC and RECP IV will co-invest in construction debt facilities to lift sustainability standards. Primarily lending to residential and commercial office projects, the projects selected will measure and demonstrate ...

Major instos, family offices headline Impact Investment Summit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Shvets. The panel will include LeapFrog Investments chief executive Andy Kuper, JANA Investment Advisers head of sustainability Rachel Halpern, and For Purpose Investment Partners executive director Michael Trail. "There is a lot of turbulence occurring ...

Woodside investors urged to sack the board over dud returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... said a vote against all directors up for election is warranted, taking aim at Ann Pickard, who has chaired the Sustainability Committee since 2017 and overseen two climate plans that shareholders rejected in record numbers. The ACCR also called out audit ...