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Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a consultation paper on climate risk reporting standards at a Sydney speech to the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) membership, fulfilling an election commitment. He further announced that government will ...

Carbon credits as a source of alpha: Apostle Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... domestically, where the Chubb Review and the government's commitments on net zero targets mean more action around the Australian carbon market. "You turn to Australia and what we're doing here with ACCU creation methodologies, albeit under review," ...

ASIC warns directors over sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Exchange Commission (ASIC) has warned directors that they will continue to focus on the sustainability-related disclosure and governance practices of listed companies, managed funds, superannuation funds and green bonds. ...

ASX200 see material biodiversity risks: Martin Currie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
Large Australian listed companies say they have a role to play in protecting and enhancing biodiversity, but few have policies in place to address the issue, according to Martin Currie Australia. Martin Currie has surveyed ASX200 companies on the topic ...

Biodiversity market could hit $137bn by 2050: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... financial flows by 2050, according to research from PwC. PwC has issued A nature-positive Australia: the value of an Australian biodiversity market, which calculates a number of financial streams which could flow into a biodiversity market if one was ...

APRA publishes results of banking climate vulnerability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has published the findings of its first Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) of Australia's five largest banks and signaled that the insurance industry is likely to be the next regulated sector ...

TCorp reports $2 billion in new green, sustainability bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... to two sustainability bonds and two green bonds. With that issuance, TCorp has established the first ESG curve by an Australian semi-government issuer. The Sustainability Bond Programme was established in 2018, and it plays a role as NSW has set a net ...

Majority of investors collaborate on engagement, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... follow. 51% of those surveyed have adopted a stewardship code, with the most common being the UK Stewardship Code, the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code, and the ICGN Global Stewardship Principles. The recent launch of the NZ Stewardship Code is ...

New Forests launches ANZ forestry and agriculture fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... pine plantations have been established," he said. "It is a little more cut and dry where things happen, whereas the Australian land is very patchwork. "In New Zealand, the pressures are slightly different as well. Australia is a massive net importer ...

Carve outs for faith-based super funds are dead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
The carve out from the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test for faith-based funds has been axed by the government, despite it being an election policy. In December 2021, the government said it would adjust the performance test to account ...