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Industry reacts to ASIC greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... developments and ensuring disclosures are also reflected correctly. "It makes it clear that ASIC believes that current legislation addresses at least some of the major greenwashing concerns," said Angela Ashton, founder and director of Evergreen Consultants. ...

HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... for super fund members. Human rights experts tell FS Sustainability that integrating the principles of UNDRIP into legislation creates would improve social and financial outcomes for Indigenous Australians and provide greater legal certainty. HESTA ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... a public consultation on the draft ISSB standards and that "there is a general expectation, and this is written in legislation, that we will adopt the international one unless there's a really good reason not to." "Quite a lot of companies within ...

BNP Paribas AM launches sustainable Asia fixed income strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... global fund manager's first Asia-focused fixed income strategy that is classified as an SFDR Article 9 fund under EU legislation, and is designed to capture investments that promote sustainable Asian cities that meet the challenges of increased urbanisation ...

Ratification of Forced Labour Protocol to impact Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... committed to ratifying it as part of their ILO membership. In December 2021, the Western Australian government passed legislation which will bring its laws into line with protocol, ensuring compliance across all state and territories by entry into force ...

AASB considering ISSB sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian accounting standard is the AASB," Kendall said. "There is a general expectation, and this is written in legislation, that we will adopt the international one unless there's a really good reason not to." ISSB was established by the International ...

Calls to strengthen Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... don't want Australia to fall behind." Last month, the Department of Home Affairs announced the planned review of the legislation, to see if it was fit for purpose and if enhancements or changes are necessary. The review is out for public comment. Reporting ...

Labor election pledge on YFYS performance test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... in reverse." Jones noted that YFYS would be reviewed. "In the area of superannuation and the Your Future Your Super legislation, particularly its benchmarking tests, they're going to need to be reviewed, because we quite certain they're already having ...

ISSB launches draft sustainability disclosure standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... SASB requirements - about 10% of them - that were quite US-centric, if you like. They refer to specific pieces of US legislation, and because we're now writing an international standard, we've gone through and internationalised the metrics and ...

Proxy adviser reforms overturned by Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... performance. "Just like company directors, lawmakers must be held to high standards of governance," Rennie said. "Legislation should be justified, proportionate, consistent and effective. These reforms did not meet this test." One of CPA Australia's ...