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Climate group exodus unlikely to hinder climate action: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Management also recently left Climate Action 100+. A spokesperson from Invesco, a fund with US$1.6 trillion AUM, told FS Sustainability that "after careful consideration" the decision to leave the network was because "client's interests in this area ...

Mind the gap: Women in ESG may earn more than broader finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... specialist ESG and sustainable finance recruiter Talent Nation said despite the gap, there are signs women in ESG, sustainability, and environment are beginning to earn more across corporate and consutling. "In our previous two reports, we have seen ...

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... according to a new index created by supply chain experts. ASX 200 listed companies are not adequately reporting on the sustainability of their economic, social and environmental sourcing practices, the Sustainable Procurement Disclosure Index (SPDI) ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Peers said proponents of the anti-ESG movement have a "poor understanding of what sustainable investing is" - as sustainability factors have financial consequences for companies and that ignoring them would therefore be leading to breaching the fiduciary ...

Looking beyond the gender pay gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... lower- or higher-paying roles," Belinda White, responsible investment specialist at First Sentier Investors told FS Sustainability. This means that the pay gap could be taken as proxy for where the distribution of power lies in a company. And the workforce ...

Business calls for 12-month climate reporting delay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... extension to modified liability to class action lawsuits and private litigators, in addition to civil society. FS Sustainability understands that Treasury will be introducing legislation on climate reporting in the near future. Climate-related financial ...

Podcast: Taking the ESG temperature of ASX companies - Emilie O'Neill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
What's on the sustainability agenda for Australia's publicly listed companies? Every year, Perennial Better Futures takes the temperature of a wide range of companies to answer just that question, and on this episode, we're talking with Emilie O'Neill ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... 0.96% of funds under management when acquired in March 2022. It was divested in May 2023. ASIC confirmed to FS Sustainability that the matter was not self-reported and was identified as part of an investment manager greenwashing surveillance project. ...

GreenCollar makes strategic acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Carbon markets developer and investor GreenCollar has invested in a carbon, energy and sustainability advisory firm to increase end-to-end services to business. The partnership with EnergyLink Services is designed to help GreenCollar increase its reach ...

ISSB publishes jurisdictional guide, seeks experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has published a guide to support jurisdictional adoption of standards, as it searches for 150 experts to provide technical input on sustainability disclosures in financial reports. This comes as ...