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FCA pauses plans to extend disclosure, labelling rules

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... retail model portfolios, after having already applied the initial SDR framework - which covered things like anti-greenwashing measures and fund labelling requirements for asset managers - last year. However, since consulting with the industry, it has ...

Countdown to RIAA conference is on

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... characteristics, important in global tariff environments." From geopolitical risks from the new tariffs regime to greenwashing and a just transition, the two-day conference is jam-packed with sessions relevant to all corners of the sustainability sector ...

Investors continue to dump Climate Active certifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... moving away from carbon neutrality and towards net zero alignment. There is hope that the ongoing Senate inquiry into greenwashing will also provide clarity, however it too has been delayed. Referred in March 2023, the committee was given until December ...

DWS fined $43m for greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
DWS will pay $43 million (US$27m) to settle a long-running greenwashing case brought by Frankfurt prosecutors. In 2021, a whistleblower - former DWS group sustainability officer Desiree Fixler - came forward with claims the asset manager was making ...

5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... subsidiaries taking the lion's share. The research also shows that looming regulatory guidelines aimed at curbing greenwashing fall short. From May, investment managers will have to comply with new naming guidelines, instituted by the European Securities ...

Active Super to pay $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Active Super's greenwashing will cost it $10.5 million in civil penalties for misleading members about its ESG credentials purported to eliminate investments in Russian companies and others involved in mining and tobacco, the Federal Court determined. ...

Advertisers to adhere to new Environmental Claims Code

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Australian Association of National Advertisers' (AANA) Environmental Claims Code, another weapon in the fight against greenwashing. Effective March 1, advertisers and marketers across Australia must apply rigorous standards when making environmental ...

Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... energy transition, modern slavery, and corporate responses to social and environmental challenges. With a rise in greenwashing litigation, the course is designed to equip students for real world settings. Corporate law is no longer confined to the boardroom ...

Weak whistleblowing protocols risks ethicswashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... '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, the practice of appearing to be ethical while not actually ...

ETF fund flows hit US$16bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... particularly as net inflows to this category remain positive. Morningstar believes 2025 might be a reset year, with anti-greenwashing rules reshaping the ESG fund market, companies re-affirming or scaling back their sustainability commitments, and governments ...
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