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UN-backed investor alliance sets climate targets for private markets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2026  |  NEWS
... estate and private debt within the same climate ambition as listed assets. Under the alliance's updated target-setting Protocol, members are due to publish targets for new investments in private equity funds, privately held debt and infrastructure funds ...

Australians take climate fight to UN

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... Nations to hold Australia to commitments it has already made," he said. The claim is being lodged under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Australia ratified in 1991, allowing individuals to bring ...

Net Zero Asset Owners names co-chairs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance (NZAOA) has named two co-chairs of its steering group. Josselin Kalifa of Caisse des Dépôts and Toru Shindo of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund are the new co-chairs, with Kalifa representing Europe while ...

Australian Ethical Super handed extra licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
The prudential regulator has flagged concerns over the fund's investment management arrangements with its parent company and whether the fees involved are in members' best financial interests. APRA reviewed Australian Ethical Superannuation's related-party ...

ISSB looks to ease Scope 3 disclosure requirements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... emissions information;clarification on the jurisdictional relief to use a measurement method other than the Greenhouse Gas Protocol for measuring GHG emissions; and permission to use jurisdiction-required Global Warming Potential (GWP) values that are ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Boards that continue to overlook their cyber security priorities at a time when regulators are turning up the heat on cyber resilience can end up "endangering" their organisations and put shareholder value at risk, according to Athena Board. The onus ...

Weak whistleblowing protocols risks ethicswashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
ESG commitments without whistleblowing infrastructure in place risk 'ethicswashing' and enforcement by the regulator, warns global reporting services provider Report It Now. You've heard of greenwashing, greenhushing and socialwashing - now meet ethicswashing ...

COP29 skirts diplomatic disaster

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... commitment of £11.6 billion of climate finance from 2021/2022 to 2025/2026. $120 million was pledged globally to the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund for energy efficient equipment, and $15 million by the UK for sustainable cooling technologies. ...

Misleading ads rampant for sustainability jobs

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Beware of sustainability jobs promoted as managerial roles when they are broadly accounting roles by another name, warns a recruiter. The announcement this week from the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) that it would make certain accounting ...

Asset managers fast track portfolio targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Science Based Targets initiative for Financial Institutions (22%) or the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance Target Setting Protocol (14%). 12% use a combination and 10% go bespoke. Globally, the network is supported by the US$121 trn United Nations-supported ...
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