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IFRS announces plan for comprehensive sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability and financial reporting frameworks will be consistent, compatible and complimentary." Chartered Accountants ANZ (CA ANZ) say this is a critical step towards a single set of robust global sustainability reporting standards that are integrated ...

Corporate finance execs seeking greater ESG knowledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... capital markets for robust and reliable climate-related financial information," said Karen McWilliams, Chartered Accountants ANZ business reform leader. "Our member survey from earlier this year found 83% of members strongly agreed or agreed that we ...

Accounting bodies commit to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... 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 accounting bodies in an initiative of The Prince of Wales' Accounting for ...

Greenpeace reveals greenwashing ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... there forever to provide abatement." Greenpeace identified a selection of 12 companies that use carbon offsetting: AGL Energy, ANZ, Dexus, Felix (TPG Telecom), GPT, Lendlease, Lion, NAB, NEXTDC, Qantas, Telstra and Westpac. Greenpeace is engaging with ...

NAB launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... with a second party position in terms of the targets, their materiality and the reporting that's provided." In August, ANZ launched SLDs that will initially be sold in in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. The bank told FS Sustainability ...

Wealth managers under pressure on returns, ESG: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... wealth management side, and there are ways in which the Australian market differs from global counterparts, noted Accenture's ANZ capital markets lead, Jonathan Hicks. "The global report suggests that wealth management is a growing market, with established ...

Supermarket giant inks $1.3bn sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... commitment to the ambitious targets set out in our sustainability strategy." Sustainability co-ordinators for the transaction were ANZ, BNP Paribas and Rabobank. "We worked with Coles to understand their sustainability strategy in detail and along with ...

Improve ESG data, analytics to enhance decisions: SAS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... business decision makers can use it to inform strategic planning, said Linda Byun, head of business advisory, South Asia and ANZ at SAS. SAS is a business analytics software and service provider. "I think the key challenge in the ESG/CSR space is the ...

Bank launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... derivative products, building on its existing sustainability-linked loans (SLL) and sustainability-linked bond (SLB) processes. ANZ's sustainability-linked derivatives (SLDs) will initially be sold in in Australia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, but ...

Sustainable finance initiative establishes permanent body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... ASFI entity. The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute also announced its initial founding members, including IAG, Cbus, ANZ, QBE, KPMG, State Super, Westpac, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, HSBC, AMP Capital, EY, Point Advisory, S&P Global ...