ASIC issues infringement notice to superannuation trustee Diversa Trustees Limited (Diversa) for greenwashing

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Other

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

22/12/2022

LITIGATION TYPE

Corporate Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Transparency/disclosure

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

ASIC issued an infringement notice to superannuation trustee Diversa Trustees Limited (Diversa) for greenwashing. Statements on a related entity's website may have been false or misleading by overstating exclusions by claiming to prevent investment in companies involved in ‘polluting and carbon intensive activities’, ‘financing or support of activities which cause environmental and social harm’ and ‘poor corporate governance’. Some screens were applied but they were more than limited than the website suggested. Diversa paid $13,320 in compliance with the infringement notices. Payment of an infringement notice is not an admission of guilt or liability.

CASE DOCUMENTS

ASIC issues infringement notice to superannuation trustee Diversa Trustees Limited (Diversa) for greenwashing

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