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Make sustainability sexy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Rooney said. "We've seen that happening in New Zealand, we see that happening in Australia. "What I would say to business leaders is that these frameworks make sense... Government is grasping for solutions, and getting competent advice. "What does ...

ISSB digital standards not perfect

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... is needed to ensure companies are reporting on the full scope of physical risks that climate change may have on their business. "In short, the physical risk component of the standards needs building out and in its current state may lead to the business ...

ESG managed accounts hit $16 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Consulting. The firm says managed accounts can help advisers introduce greater efficiencies, including time savings, in their business. BT added 94 managed portfolios in the 12 months leading up to 30 April 2024. The total number of managed portfolios ...

Fund selection risk a material issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... a subsidiary of the Singapore Exchange (SGX) and partners with École des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord (EDHEC) Business School to inform its research. Scientific Beta research director, co-author on the study Felix Goltz, commented: "ESG fund returns ...

Member accuses UniSuper of greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... option is. UniSuper also owns 10% of Transurban Chesapeake, located in the Greater Washington area. "Transurban Group's business model relies on increasing road traffic, which increases climate and other pollution," the member said. "Road transport causes ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Canberra warns if businesses don't step up it will revise legislation surrounding product stewardship and the circular economy to boost investor confidence. But environment minister Tanya Plibersek concedes that sometimes threats are as effective as ...

Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... opportunities as well as infrastructure, education, and healthcare. But the area is beginning to grow - with the Indigenous business sector accounting for roughly 0.4-0.6% of Australia's GDP, a contribution in the range of $8.5bn to $12bn, in 2021. ...

Companies warned to disclose nature risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... really essential that we try and pierce that veil of opacity and trace back to the source those goods and services that business are procuring... it is similar to Scope 3 reporting." "We don't pretend these issues are a easy, but they shouldn't ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Federated Hermes. The session was moderated by Désirée Lucchese, an honorary associate from the finance department at UTS Business School and sustainability manager at MLC Life Insurance. On the topic of working with organisations outside the finance ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... "commercially smart" for businesses to act on disability inclusion, and for investors to "play their role in influencing business to care about this topic and put it in front and centre," Katie Wyatt, head of culture and inclusion at Coles Group said. ...
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