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Expect more greenwashing action: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... statements and engaged in conduct that could mislead the public, but Longo noted that greenwashing is "not just about environmental claims." "It also includes statements about the extent to which products are sustainable or ethical," he said. "For example ...

Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... leading to a significant decline in assets. Further, she believes that future systemic risks to assets will stem from environmental, societal, and geopolitical factors. "While many pension funds are focused on the long term, this situation presents short-term ...

Women the future of advice: Netwealth

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... classes such as Australian equities. It further identified over half of women over the age of 18 care deeply about environmental issues (59%) and social issues (54%), yet only a quarter of females (24%) currently hold responsible investments in their ...

IFM Investors buys biogas developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... streams for its end use as pipeline quality RNG. IFM Investors noted that GreenGas sells the RNG and associated environmental attributes under long-term offtake contracts with investment grade commercial and industrial customers including Mercedes-Benz ...

Grollo Group buys Mt Hotham airport

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
Melbourne's Grollo family has acquired Mt Hotham airport in Northern Victoria for over $6 million. Constructed in 1999 at an elevation of 4300 feet, Mt Hotham is the highest commercial airport in Australia, located a short drive from both the Mt ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... asking how their capex is aligned to the transition." UBS also believes that social issues will rise up, and that environmental and social issues cannot be considered in isolation. "In terms of some of the social metrics, if we look to some countries ...

Aware Super, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America back Xpansiv

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... global market net zero solutions Patrick Street said: "The development of a robust and transparent infrastructure for environmental markets plays a key part in driving energy transition and broader decarbonisation." "We support Xpansiv's effort to develop ...

Business leaders optimistic in face of inflation

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... 2023, business leaders will focus on the importance of corporate responsibility factors, citing social (57%) and environmental (51%) factors, and diversity, equity and inclusion (57%) as most important to their business strategies - up 14%, 14% and 16% ...

ASIC takes action against more greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
... involved in 'polluting and carbon intensive activities', 'financing or support of activities which cause environmental and social harm' and 'poor corporate governance'." ASIC said that while Cruelty Free Super applied some investment ...

Global X launches uranium ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... this fund, we have taken into consideration key concerns for investing in uranium such as geopolitical, social and environmental issues to help investors minimise risk, while leveraging structural tailwinds in the uranium sector." Hannon said that uranium ...