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"War for talent": ESG professionals in high demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... investments, ESG/responsible investment, risk and compliance, client services, data and performance analytics, investment accounting and operations, and marketing. Kaizen Recruitment noted that 49% of appointments were women and 51% were men in the last ...

Australia among "least attractive" countries for green investment: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... the policy settings to attract the capital needed in the zero emissions, climate resilient transition. G20 countries accounting for 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Australia ranks alongside Argentina, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and Saudi ...

Corporate finance execs seeking greater ESG knowledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... showing that sustainability and climate are becoming a permanent part of doing business, including climate-related accounting standards and regulation and there is a growing demand in capital markets for robust and reliable climate-related financial ...

Accounting bodies commit to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's major professional accounting bodies have joined international peers in a net zero greenhouse gas emissions initiative. CPA Australia and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) have today joined 12 other global and national ...

Greenpeace reveals greenwashing ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... and no more than corporate 'greenwashing." The report says that a net zero emissions target is "essentially an accounting terminology, which suggests that positive emissions are cancelled out by negative emissions." "In the vast majority of cases ...

Islamic fund to expand into banking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... be classed as Sharia compliant, all investments must undergo mandatory ethical screening using the rules set by the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). Under these rules, investment in the following business ...

HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... is use of sub-sovereign debt for mangrove protection and restoration," Bhattacharjee said. "In terms of the economic accounting that would be taken into consideration, we'd be taking into account the ability to sequester carbon, what it means to ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... education, etc." OneVentures' policy asks portfolio companies to report on ESG metrics using the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) reporting framework, which OneVentures then maps to the relevant SDGs. OneVentures has over $550 million ...

Uptick in web application attacks on financial institutions: Imperva

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... applications are doing for financial services customers." Financial services hold the dubious title of "most-breached sector", accounting for 35% of all data breaches, Imperva said. Attacks on web applications can hit business continuity, can take out ...

ESG funds, ETPs see billion-dollar inflows

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... seeing $2.498 billion or 34%. "The Australian sustainable funds market remains quite concentrated, with the top 20 funds accounting for 58% of total assets in the sustainable fund universe," Morningstar said. "Australian Ethical and Vanguard remain the ...