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Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives new loan facility, new name

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... New South Wales and Victoria." The Sustainable Melbourne Fund was established in 2002 by the City of Melbourne, and legislation enabling EUAs in the City of Melbourne was first passed in 2010. The City of Melbourne has agreed to divest from fund, and ...

PVStop International designs off switch to shut down PV solar panels in fire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... only ones in the world doing our type of solution. That's one of our big challenges, too. There are no standards or legislation." London Fire Brigade are currently test piloting PVStop International and have used it with success, Foran said. "The first ...

NZ Super to divest from gun manufacture investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... its exclusion policy and portfolio following the announcement of the Government's intention to introduce gun control legislation," said CEO Matt Whineray. As a result of the new exclusion category, the NZ$41 billion NZ Super will divest from investments ...

AASB, AuASB statement raises stakes on disclosure of climate-related risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... methodology and assumptions." While the TCFD is not expressly or proscriptively named as a mandatory reporting framework in legislation or regulation, boards should "have regard" to the framework, Barker said. "The only thing that is certain is the statutory ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... for repeal as part of the unwinding of the previous Labor government's Clean Energy Future legislative package. The legislation to repeal the CEFC was split into a separate bill in the Senate, which was then defeated. In 2016, the government led by then-Prime ...

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... because my understanding is that companies don't have to report until they have a full year of operating under the new legislation. Companies that have a 30 June year end, that's 30 June 2020 that they'd report on. Companies have a bit of time to think ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... businesses in 2019 will have to provide more transparency into their human rights obligations. This is as a result of the legislation for the modern slavery bill. Although some Australian companies that are dual listed in markets such as the UK, or who ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... required to make statements on their supply chain risks producing statements, she said. The Australian version of the legislation that is pending in the Senate includes provisions for an annual statement by affected entities that must be signed off year ...

CAER urges investors to consider ESG risks of cannabis companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... capitalists seeking high growth and increased portfolio performance are jumping into the cannabis market, particularly as legislation continues to be passed internationally to legalise parts of the industry." CAER also cited uncertainty around local ...

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... deeply into their supply chains to comply with reporting mechanisms. One company that will be covered under the pending legislation is Konica Minolta Australia. Although the global business is headquartered in Tokyo, its Australian operations do have ...