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Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... first year of the Modern Slavery Act, wider human rights risks, the issue of restored trust, and increased activity around climate risk adaptation and mitigation all top the agenda for Australia. Leeora Black, partner, Deloitte From a legislative perspective ...

ACCR planning to lodge resolutions at Santos, Woodside Petroleum AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... lodge a resolution at the AGM, and ACCR are confident that they will achieve the target, said Daniel Gocher, director of climate and environment at ACCR. Both companies have announced May AGMs, according to their websites. "We have engaged with the companies ...

IOSCO releases statement on ESG-related disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... IOSCO name-checked a variety of voluntary disclosure frameworks, including the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), CDP, the Global Reporting Initiative and Integrated Reporting as other frameworks to ...

Natixis joins the Climate Bonds Initiative Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Natixis has joined the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) Partners Program. Natixis is the international corporate and investment banking, asset management, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the second largest banking group in France ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... conference in Melbourne, noting that digitalization sits alongside of other trends such as urbanisation, globalisation, climate change, and resource security and as such, digitalization must now become sustainable. "At the moment, the discussion around ...

Companies engage with material human rights issues: BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... re-defining non-financial risk," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of BCSD Australia. "We see the same pattern of behaviour around climate risk - a re-emergence of the definition of key non-financial risks, be it climate, gender diversity, supply chain, or human ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... lawsuit against ExxonMobil by the New York state attorney general for allegedly misleading investors of the risks that climate change regulations posed to its business should be a warning sign for Australian directors. Sarah Barker, special counsel ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... business approach will also be invaluable through the work and leadership of our Australian business member community on climate action, as well as integrating social and environmental impacts with financial results, lowering their risk profile, making ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... stations are making losses, and their owners could save "nearly US$390 billion by closing plants in line with the Paris Climate Agreement," according to an innovative new study by Carbon Tracker, Matthew Gray, Carbon Tracker The financial think tank ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... joined the more than 200 other businesses in the organisation, with particular focus on the WBCSD's work in relation to climate-smart land use, the "alignment of retirement assets with sustainability challenges," and work to align the forestry sector ...