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Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia as mandatory reporting begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related fraud, the standards aim to boost confidence and transparency with a focus on investor protection. The International ...

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

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... online. Before that, Lucchese worked at U Ethical for three years. While at the investment house, she led the integration of ESG data and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the investment process and managed the firm's active stewardship activities ...

Salter Brothers secures green loan for luxury retreat

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... sustainability efforts, establish meaningful targets for each property, and strengthen trust with our customers," Salter Brothers ESG manager Mei McNamara explained. "We are also transitioning to a low-carbon economy across all our hotels. Our retreats ...

Climate funds see first year of outflows

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... saw inflows of $740 billion. For the first time, the US sustainable funds universe contracted with more funds closing their ESG mandates than new fund launches. "High interest rates continued to penalise some areas of the market, such as clean energy ...

Coalition's anti-ESG stance sparks investor backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The Coalition's widely reported threats to force banks to downweigh ESG considerations could create significant implications for ethical investment managers and superannuation funds. The Coalition leader said he intends to stop banks from blocking or ...

Ethical investment holdings double: CoreData

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... during the same period the year prior. CoreData research consultant Anna Vennonen noted there was a change in sentiment toward ESG around 2022, coinciding with the invasion of Ukraine and escalating geopolitical uncertainty, but broadly, sentiment has ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... error, low turnover and low cost," Robeco head of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Stephen Dennis said. They will feature ESG tilts informed by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, forward-looking climate metrics and negative screening policies. Scottish ...

Podcast: Anti-ESG at home and abroad - Trump, Dutton, and Meta with Morningstar's Michelle Cameron

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Sustainable investing is experiencing a rise in anti-ESG sentiment - both abroad and at home. US President Donald Trump's move back to the White House this week heralds the next stage of anti-ESG, anti-climate, and anti-DEI sentiments overseas. ...

Green moves: Amundi, PRI, U Ethical, Barclays, HSBC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Amundi has announced Frank Tsui as head of responsible investment for Asia ex-Japan. In his prior role he was head of ESG investment and co‐head of client portfolio management at Value Partners. He will be based in Hong Kong and manage the development ...

BlackRock settles lawsuit for 'misleading consumers'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... of Tennessee, which alleged the asset manager misled consumers about how much its investment strategies were influenced by ESG considerations. Tennessee's suit alleged BlackRock failed to properly disclose its integration of ESG considerations into ...