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Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... perspective of the reporters themselves, and particularly reporters with assets in more than one global jurisdiction. If Australia is out of step, it will be very difficult to build a single reporting data set that will satisfy all reporting requirements. ...

The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... in its own category. Talent Nation reports that the average employment contract, including bonuses, tops $504,061 in Australia. By contrast, the average salary package for a head of ESG in Australia remained relatively static at $370,675. Two-thirds ...

ACCC issues greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... guidance to help consumers confidently assess and rely on environmental claims. Meanwhile, the Governance Institute of Australia has launched a new guide on greenwashing to help businesses mitigate risk. Greenwashing: a governance perspective is a response ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... converted a finance facility into a US$300 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL). Lenders are Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, ING Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mizuho Bank, Scotia, and Bank of China. ...

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Cyber security, worker safety and nature and biodivdersity expectations are on the list of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) Governance Guidelines. The guidelines are updated every two years and underpin ACSI's proxy voting ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... what's produced, rather than rush through and cut corners to get outcomes," she said. UN Global Compact Network Australia chair Fiona Reynolds noted that progress - if not perfection - can still result in action. "It's not the perfect process ...

L'Oréal Groupe invests in First Nations-led biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... First Nations People, as well as the repair and safeguarding of biodiversity." L'Oréal participates in Reconciliation Australia's network and has developed a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). The company's RAP is endorsed by Reconciliation Australia ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... also the president of UAE state-owned oil company Adnoc and recently claimed "no science" behind fossil fuel phase-out. Australia, the US, UK, Canada and Japan all stated they will "not be a co-signatory" to "death certificates" for vulnerable small ...

Podcast: 60,000+ years of care for country - Josh Gilbert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Indigenous people's 60,000-plus year knowledge base is key to building thriving agriculture and natural capital markets in Australia. At the recent Australian Sustainable Finance Institute annual conference, Gilbert, who is also policy officer of Indigenous ...

Agriculture funding takes the stage at COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), backed by Australia and more than 600 government and non-government partners, has announced $17 billion in new funding for climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovations. The ...