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Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... submissions, including by the Australian Financial Markets Association (AFMA), Accounting for Nature (AfN) and the Property Council of Australia, called on the government to incorporate the Chubb Review as well as more than 200 submissions from the initial ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Maria Atkinson, then chief executive of the Green Building Council of Australia, and Ken Henry, then chair of the National Australia Bank. Book your ticket by clicking here.

30% women a minimum for boards under new ACSI policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... not have a minimum of 30% women in board positions face votes against male director re-elections as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) updates its voting policies for members. ACSI's new voting policy takes effect from July 2023 ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Plibersek and NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe spoke for the first time together on stage at the Nature Conservation Council of NSW's Business Breakfast on Monday, ahead of the 2023 Budget announcement this week. The event brought conservationists ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... ensure that no workers would be left behind and that companies would be protected from associated risks. The Australian Council of Superannuation investors (ACSI) welcomed the announcement. "As universal owners of capital, institutional investors cannot ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... presents both risks and rewards for investors in the transition to a sustainable, low carbon economy. At the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, advisory members of the Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... support for the Voice referendum to be held between October and December 2023. In a discussion held at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference on Wednesday, professor Marcia Lynne Langton outlined the disadvantages and prejudices ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, Jones called the forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy a ...

ASX 200 modern slavery disclosure lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... allegation in the third year of reporting under the Modern Slavery Act, according to new research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has commissioned Compliance without ambition: Taking stock of ASX200 reporting under ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Against Slavery and Trafficking APAC, as well as a lecturer at Monash University, an ESG analyst at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and an ESG investment analyst at AMP Capital. "Shalini's appointment comes at a time when ...