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Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... that without a sustainable finance taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, Jones called the ...

ASIC fines Future Super over greenwashing Facebook post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has issued an infringement notice against Future Super for allegations of greenwashing over a 2019 Facebook post that garnered fewer than 30 views. In May 2019, Future Super put up a post that included the statement "Naysayers don't join together ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... high. The US-based ESG leader says that although confidence in the sector has dropped due to economic pressures, greenwashing concerns and politicisation of sustainable investing, business models predicated on harnessing human capital are poised to reap ...

Super funds ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... and positive portfolio construction. And this should be overlaid with how the Safeguard Mechanism works, ASIC's greenwashing crackdown and other enhanced ESG reporting initiatives." Dunnin said super funds have by and large done an "extraordinary ...

Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... investor roundtable in Brisbane, the government also announced it will provide an extra $4.3 million to crack down on greenwashing by businesses. The funding will be provided to ASIC to expand its surveillance and enforcement functions. The government ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Inadequate data, fear of greenwashing and economic pressures is stalling progress on sustainability, according to a new study from Google Cloud. The study, conducted by The Harris Poll, found that greater accountability, better measurement and management ...

South Korea leads with ESG fund disclosure taskforce and anti-greenwash laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG investment environment that meets global standards by resolving investor information asymmetry while preventing greenwashing and inducing responsible management. This comes as earlier in the week the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong proposed mandatory ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... decoupling" data across 14 years and found that boardrooms with more equal gender representation were less prone to greenwashing. A 2020 study from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency found that profitability, performance ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... development for our long-running Certification Program, particularly at a time when there is a growing focus on eliminating greenwashing in the financial product labelling market. "Our role through certification is to lift the standards of practice in ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... commented. "It's about biodiversity, communities, and all of the values that we all share in this room." Navigating greenwashing and "greenhushing" It's not all smooth sailing. With a lack of standardized metrics for measuring impact, as well as ...

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Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS
The Federal Budget is an "excellent down-payment" on clean energy - but fails on nature and biodiversity, gas, electrification, and ACCUs.

Stewardship resources should double

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Stewardship is under-resourced as investors grapple with assessing how organisations align with the ambitions of clients and beneficiaries.

ESG jobs in 2024: Salaries, career tips and more

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In this episode of The Greener Way, we hear from Simon Gvalda, manager of the ESG and Responsible Investment Recruitment team at Kaizen Recruitment, who recently released their much-awaited salary guide for ESG roles in 2024.

Fund selection risk a material issue

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Investors face fund selection risk and a substantial disparity in performance when choosing sustainable investment strategies, especially when it comes to ESG exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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