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Pathzero appoints chief sustainability officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
The sustainability software provider has appointed Christophe Brulliard as its chief sustainability officer, following the launch of its latest data driven investment tool. Brulliard brings over 20 years of experience in climate change, natural resources ...

CBA appoints four to Commodities, Trade and Carbon business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank has appointed four new managing directors to its recently created Commodities, Trade and Carbon (CTC) business. Martyn Whitehead joins CBA as managing director, commodities, leading the bank's strategy for its commodities business ...

Cbus adopts EU climate reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has updated its climate change roadmap to meet their 2030 target of reducing emissions by 45%, while changing is reporting for portfolio emissions that sees the fund's reported emissions reductions restated to reflect real-world outcomes. ...

Regulatory roundup on key sustainability developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
A range of ESG-related regulatory actions have come up for discussion in the last week, including a commitment by the assistant treasurer to establish national standards for a green taxonomy, APRA flagging that their climate vulnerability assessment ...

APRA flags extension of climate vulnerability asssessment to super, insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
The climate vulnerability assessment (CVA) that APRA conducted with Australia's five largest banks is likely to be expanded to other industries overseen by the prudential regulator, including super funds and insurers, according to deputy chair Helen ...

Altius Asset Management publishes first impact report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Cash and fixed interest manager Altius Asset Management has calculated that the carbon emissions of their combined portfolio are slightly more than 70% below their comparative benchmark. Altius has released its first impact report, which provides disclosure ...

MAS sustainability adviser speaks to Sinagpore/Australian collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
Finance is a great enabler of the transition to a net zero economy, but it requires cooperation between governments and investors as well as global collaboration between countries, according to the outgoing chief sustainability officer of the Monetary ...

CEFC allocated additional $8.6 billion in budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government has injected an additional $8.6 billion into the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) as part of the federal budget. The new funding will be the first new allocation to the CEFC since its inception 10 years ago, and comes as ...

Government commits to establishing green finance standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones committed to working with the finance industry to establish national standards for a green taxonomy that will define sustainable finance in Australia. Jones stopped short of committing to legislating the forthcoming ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government announced a suite of measures across climate, gender and housing issues while announcing that they will develop a framework to integrate measures of wellbeing into future economic policy settings. The so-called mini-budget announced ...