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Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Treasury has acknowledged that climate is a systemic risk for the Australian economy and creates uncertainty about the fiscal impacts of climate change on government bonds. The federal court has approved a settlement between the Commonwealth and Kathleen ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Construction materials company Boral is in investors' spotlight after walking back its 2025 interim net zero commitment on the way to decarbonizing by 2050. Investors participating in the Climate Action 100+ engagement with Boral, a list participant ...

PRI to shake up reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is set to revamp its reporting mechanisms for signatories as part of new framework to help investors better define their responsible investment progression. PRI has launched the co-design process for the ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Despite being voted down by the Australian public, the First Nations Voice to Parliament saw support from the private sector which viewed the federal advisory body as the next step for reconciliation. As the dust settles, experts say finance has an ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... co-benefits - for biodiversity, ecosystems, and communities. And concerns around biodiversity offsets notwithstanding, Australia's vast wilderness and farmlands position it to profit from biodiversity credit markets, if implemented.

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Clean energy costs are predicted to decline over coming decades as renewable power dominates the energy mix with increasing investments and decarbonisation driven by electric vehicles. McKinsey's Global Energy Perspective 2023 predicts that renewables ...

Investors lack clarity, rural solutions lack funding

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
A $300,000 grant program backed by Mike Cannon-Brookes will seek to pair socially responsible entities with rural communities that are on the frontlines of climate change. Developed by the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), the grant ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Robust and credible sustainability metrics data that runs from the farm gate to the kitchen table is part of a push to signal Australia's agricultural industry as attractive to investors. A growing population and our proximity to Asia makes agriculture ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) will first focus on climate-related financial reporting, under an exposure draft released by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB). AASB has opened up a 120-day comment period on ASRS 1 ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Connecting how the finance sector can connect with innovations in biodiversity, natural capital and work being done on the ground in sectors like the agricultural industry is the next stage in driving real world impacts in protecting the natural world. ...