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Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... rights, including expanding the list of exemption categories, and AI protections will be introduced to ensure there is transparency around how AI is being used by the business. The FSU explained that this will ensure that while AI can be a factor in ...

Podcast: Maintaining competitive advantage in an age of climate transparency with Duncan Paterson

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
This week we have Duncan Paterson, Director of Investor Practice at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) on the show to discuss Australia's mandatory climate reporting regime. It's undoubtedly a massive opportunity to open the door wider ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... prevention and mitigation of greenwashing remains a regulatory priority globally, as governments look to increase transparency to investors. Asset managers should be prepared for the ongoing expansion of economy wide ESG reporting going forward," she ...

Green finance lags as planet on high alert

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... accelerated electrification, adaptation and resilience, while also progressing nature integration, reporting and transparency. This comes as a major, a first-of-its-kind scientific study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) finds ...

Expect audit standards by Christmas

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... adjustments for Australia. KPMG head of ESG advisory and assurance Adrian King feels confident the standards will improve transparency in sustainability reporting and provide much-needed clarity for companies. "Investors, as well as the Australian public ...

ESG ratings risk greenwash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... ratings suffer from "considerable shortcomings" in relation to consistency, comparability, data quality and methodology transparency. Addressing the criticism, Michelle Cameron, senior executive, Morningstar Sustainalytics said the firm is not concerned ...

Canberra to expand ACCU scheme

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... with robust governance, compliance and enforcement structures. It made 15 recommendations, including to strengthen transparency and participation by First Nations, rural, regional and remote communities. Canberra has agreed to the recommendations, with ...

Former bank whistleblower departs UniSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... experience, Gentilin wrote a book on how organisations can avoid ethical failures. He is currently an advisor to Transparency International Australia which seeks to enhance protections for whistleblowers in Australia. Speaking of his departure from UniSuper ...

Help on nature, climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... statements. They also worried sustainability disclosures were too disconnected from financial statements and lacked transparency. To fix this, the IASB has provided eight case studies on materiality judgements, disclosures about assumptions and estimation ...

Cbus bolsters ESG integration with new hire

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... fund's responsible investing approach also places strong emphasis on active stewardship, evidence-based research, and transparency.