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Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation is working with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to make their standards more compatible. The partnership between the IFRS - which oversees the International Sustainability Standards ...

Fossil fuel funding down 20pc: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Financing for fossil fuel companies has fallen sharply overall since the Paris Agreement was inked in 2016 but progress among the world's top banks has been mixed. The world's 60 largest banks, including Australia's Big Four banks, committed US$6.9 ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Financial advisers find sustainable investments appealing to many of their clients, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures and political differences. Ethical investment leaders spoke at the Financial Standard's inaugural Future Investing Forum ...

Unclear rules pose investment risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Canberra is at odds with state governments over assessing emissions for coal and gas project approval. Contradictory approvals processes pose a risk of investment security downgrading, responsible investment and sustainability specialist Desiree Lucchese ...

More funding necessary to fix housing crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
There are some apprehensions over adequacy of $11.3 billion of new funding earmarked for housing in the 2024 Budget. The housing funding builds on investments the government recently promised over the next decade, including: $10 bn for the Housing Australia ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The sustainable investing space continues to mature, with increasing demand for genuine impact and valuation-based strategies over growth-focused ones, says Nomura UK's sustainable equities portfolio manager. Alex Rowe recently completed his APAC ...

CIM to develop ACCUs with Greening Australia

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Conscious Investment Management (CIM) has partnered with an environmental non-profit to jointly develop Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) under the environmental planting methodology. The first acquisition under the partnership will restore biodiversity ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The government will provide $17.3 million over four years to ASIC and APRA to combat greenwashing and other related financial misconduct and help further develop Australia's sustainable finance market. In a bid to promote the development of sustainable ...

Make sustainability sexy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Sydney's inaugural Climate Action Week kicked off with a flurry of events across the city, including a panel with Planet Ark founder Jon Dee, and Green Building Council of Australia CEO Davina Rooney. The key message? 'Make sustainability sexy.' ...

Stewardship resources should double

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Stewardship is under-resourced as investors grapple with assessing how organisations align with the ambitions of clients and beneficiaries. Resources dedicated to the values of responsible planning and management of an organisation, need to double as ...