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Saudi Arabia issues guidelines on ESG debt instruments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... to globally integrate its capital market. The guidelines provide issuers with a framework aligned with international standards and are part of CMA's 2024-2026 strategic plan to advance ESG-aligned capital formation. It aims to diversify financing for ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... online advertising and made in error.​ We apologise to our members and partners, recognising we fell short of the high standards they should expect from us in our communications.," HESTA said in a statement. HESTA self-reported the incident to ASIC ...

Major financial institutions back Australia climate finance reforms: ASFI

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... Taxonomy to prioritise adaption and resilience and increasing international engagement to shape emerging international standards in Australia's interests for key sectors. Also, establishing enduring taxonomy governance arrangements to enable ongoing ...

World's first social value measurement tool launches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... social impact activities into financially robust ESG based data stream. It allows organisations to maintain measurement standards while respecting cultural differences and country-specific priorities. "The Global TOM System provides organisations with ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... superannuation trustees, banks and insurers. In March, APRA proposed eight measures to update its cross-industry prudential standards and guidance on governance for the first time in more than a decade. During the three-month consultation period, APRA ...

Norway wealth fund leans on AI for climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... others include enhancing focus on nature, physical climate risk, adaptation and resilience; strengthening market-level standards and methodologies for climate and nature-related financial disclosures; and engaging with companies to support net zero and ...

Green moves: JANA, Nxt.Nature

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... Accounting for Nature to establish Nxt.Nature, and we look forward to working together to ensure independent science and standards continue to underpin credible market mechanisms for the protection and improvement of nature." Gibbons said she is "thrilled" ...

ANZ backs Victoria Power Networks' inaugural green bond

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia's new Sustainable Finance Taxonomy as well as the EU Taxonomy. The landmark deal demonstrates how these new standards work in practise. ANZ acted as a joint lead manager and joint green structuring adviser on the deal, to ensure the bond meets ...

NZSF quantifies impact investments for the first time

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... trends point to a rapidly evolving impact investment landscape, with increasing use of sustainability taxonomies, impact standards and external verification," NZSF said. NZSF had NZ$75 billion in total AUM at the end of June and delivered 11.84% p.a. ...

GAM names distribution and product lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... markets, which currently offer a 300-500 bps yield premium to comparable US exposures, supported by tighter lending standards, structured (often asset-backed) collateral, and selective equity participation.