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BlackRock, Vanguard bankroll 'genocide', illegal occupation: UN

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
A new report by the United Nations claims BlackRock and Vanguard are the major asset managers profiting from "sustaining the illegal Israeli occupation [of Palestinian territories] and its ongoing genocidal campaign in Gaza". UN special rapporteur Francesca ...

Green moves: Greenpeace, IGCC, Mirvac, PRI

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has a new executive director, policy in Francesca Muskovic. She will join in late July from the Property Council of Australia where she's been national policy director. She's been with the body for ...

Financial materiality of nature-related risks now clear: TNFD

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
A new paper from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) demonstrates the financial consequences of nature-related risks are already being felt by businesses and the global economy. The report, jointly authored by the University ...

Green moves: Australian Shareholders' Association, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
High-profile sustainable finance specialist Camille Wynter has taken on the role of ESG integration lead at Cbus. She will be part of the responsible investment team and report to Ros McKay. Wynter succeeds Talieh Williams, who left in March to become ...

Australian banks fail to manage financed deforestation: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Latest findings identified mortgages provided by major banks are contributing to deforestation, with just one bank having made a 'No deforestation' commitment. The Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) conducted analysis of 100 land titles and found ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...

Green moves: JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Airtrunk lands a renewables specialist, JPMorgan hires from Amazon, and T. Rowe Price promotes an impact executive. Robert Bartrop has returned to Sydney to lead the social impact and community strategy at AirTrunk, the Asia Pacific technology company ...

Equity Trustees fined by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Equity Trustees was fined nearly $60,000 by the regulator for making misleading statements about the holdings of a sustainable bond fund. Equity Trustees agreed to pay three infringement notices totalling $56,340 over allegations it made misleading ...

Mind the reporting gap: ASX companies urged to improve

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Research from UNSW finds that while 97% of ASX100 companies report on social topics, most disclosures are inconsistent in quality and difficult to compare due to a lack of standardisation. ASX100 companies are being urged to go beyond simple box-ticking ...

Podcast: From silos to synergy

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
The challenges facing sustainable investors are always evolving, and approaches to responsible investment must evolve as well. Over the years, much of the industry has adopted a siloed approach to E, S and G issues, but a new report from First Sentier ...
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