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Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... provide commentary in order to preserve the integrity of the process and prevent any undue influence. Integrity and transparency are vital to Verra, and we will work diligently to ensure that the findings of our investigation are communicated as soon ...

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... companies contributes to a lack of disclosure. "Growing public concern regarding sustainable practices calls for greater transparency from companies and some sort of incentive, or disincentive, is what's needed to encourage companies to thoroughly disclose ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... booming. In Europe, the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) framework has been effective at providing transparency to the market by classifying products based on their sustainability credentials. The regulation is currently being revised. ...

Looking beyond the gender pay gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... 19% - or $18,461 - for private sector workplaces with 100 or more staff. However, companies are "nervous about pay transparency" and have a "reluctance to dig deeper," observers say. The median pay gap is the difference between the middle set of numbers ...

Investors scrutinise Australia-first gender pay gap data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... $51.8 billion every year, according to minister for women Katy Gallagher. WGEA CEO Mary Wooldridge said gender pay transparency will be "a catalyst for action and change," particularly for companies with wide pay gaps within their industry. "It is encouraging ...

ISSB publishes jurisdictional guide, seeks experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... standards, the ISSB has released a preview version of a guide to adopting the standards. The guide aims to support transparency and comparability of information for global capital markets, regulators, and stakeholders. It informs a range of approaches ...

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... cautioned the crowd. "We've got the ISSB coming and on the Australian version, you're going to need to have more transparency. "Not enough people have the capability or the capacity and that is going to place a lot of pressure on businesses in ...

Final text of EU ESG laws released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The European Union has published the final text on the transparency and integrity of environmental, social and governance rating activities. It requires alignment for entities outside of the EU that trade on the EU market. The regulations hope to increase ...

Stewart Investors joins Responsible Minerals initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... minerals. But ultimately, addressing this problem will require a coordinated effort from all stakeholders to improve transparency and support responsible mining practices. Investors are central to this co-ordination." "We firmly believe the RMI Investor ...

Green bond investors left in the dark

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... uniform approach results in vastly different carbon emissions data depending on which methodology is used, hindering transparency for investors. Green bonds assist in financing the net zero transition and typically target climate mitigation activities ...