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"Critical decade" for energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Chris Bowen called the opposition's plans for nuclear "uncosted, unexplained and undeliverable" and said the next decade is critical for investing in utility-scale generation, storage, and transmission. The government's Capacity Investment Scheme has ...

Demand for human rights solutions intensifies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... "Launching in September 2024, the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) is a multi-stakeholder initiative that will develop a global framework and recommendations that enable companies and investors to identify, assess ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Investor groups welcome the Australian Government's plan to mobilise private capital to the net zero transition, modernise financial markets and maximise the economic opportunity of sustainability. The Sustainable Finance Roadmap aims to supercharge ...

ISS ESG tackles modern slavery exposure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... scorecard will help financiers screen for and disclose portfolio risk. Investors increasingly face regulatory and stakeholder scrutiny regarding the labour practices of their holdings. Issues like forced labour, child labour and human trafficking can ...

Social TCFD-equivalent seeks leaders

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... coordinate the successful delivery of key objectives. It also recruits for a senior consultant responsible for external stakeholder engagement, workstream support and coordination. The roles are full time through to launch in September 2024, with the ...

Canberra scopes First Nations economic policy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The Coalition of Peaks is currently consulting on the design of a First Nations Economic Partnership with Treasury. The aim is to improve access to capital markets and employment opportunities and address legislative or policy barriers that hinder that ...

Data demand drives tech growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
An Aussie start-up has become the world's largest private markets emissions data network with USD$3.5 trillion AUM. Founded in 2020 Pathzero now has initial emissions data for more than USD$3.5 trillion of the USD$13.1 trillion in global private ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation is working with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to make their standards more compatible. The partnership between the IFRS - which oversees the International Sustainability Standards ...

Accountants say digital is key

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Digitally integrating climate and financial reporting may help circumvent the challenges entities face meeting Australia's looming reporting rules, argue Deloitte and PwC. Mandatory climate reporting in Australia is set to come into force from this ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Generative AI, a rapidly advancing form of deep learning that mimics human output, also raises concerns about the verifiability of its results, UTS industry professor - emerging technology Nicholas Davis says. Appearing at the Stockbroker and Investment ...