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Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
A little more than 11% of ASX300 C-Suite executives are women, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The latest AICD Gender Diversity Report has revealed that while the gender representation of non-executive ...

The implications of Australia's new carbon emissions target for bond investors

DAVID MCNEILL  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
In September, legally binding emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2050 were set by Australia's House of Representatives as part of a Climate Change Bill. This provides overarching legislation to implement Australia's net-zero commitments and codifies ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
This week, Maple-Brown Abbott launched a repositioned sustainability fund, Brookfield made its first Australian renewables investment and Cultiv8 made three investments. Maple-Brown Abbott launched the Maple-Brown Abbott Australian Sustainable Future ...

Market Forces asks for ASIC investigation of ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Market Forces has asked the markets regulator to investing ANZ for making misleading representation regarding a resolution coordinated by the activist environmental advocacy group and proposed at the ANZ AGM in 2002. Market forces has asked ASIC to ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... provides a framework to help the financial community understand in financial terms the impacts of human activities on the environment. It's this translation that is most important to uncovering what Chambers termed the "invisible" blue economy. Money ...

ESG goes mainstream: How the role has changed and what lies ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... transitioning into this role from other professional sectors such as the finance industry. In Talent Nation's annual environment and sustainability remuneration report for 2022, released in January, there was found to be a "clear disparity" in pay ...

Four in five companies prefer penalties to sustainability, study finds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023  |  NEWS
New research has found that the vast majority of companies would accept regulatory penalties rather than take on sustainability initiatives. Further, the study revealed that most companies prioritise commercial objectives over sustainability, highlighting ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which Parker expects Australia to introduce once finalised. "Environment Minister Plibersek sees [TNFD] as a critical part of shifting capital to investments that respect and support nature." "It is ...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes $150 billion in 2022

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Natural disasters resulted in global economic losses of $410 billion (US$275b) in 2022, a new report has found, with just $150 billion (US$125b) covered by insurance. The report from Swiss reinsurance company Swiss Re revealed that record-breaking damage ...

Podcast: Decarbonisation and the EMUs - Julie Moret

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
In this episode, we're joined by Northern Trust Asset Management's global head of sustainability and stewardship Julie Moret. Julie will explain how managing investors' capital is like good practice in camping (it involves returning it in a more sustainable ...