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Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... assets and activities. ASFI is consulting on the draft headline ambitions for environmental objectives, which are: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and resilience, biodiversity and ecosystem protection, sustainable use and protection ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... everything". The lesson being: "Everyone cares about something. Even the people who are most rejecting of ESG." While climate change remains in the top spot, gender equality has shifted from fifth place to runner-up in the list of key priorities for ...

Unclear rules pose investment risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 2024. This follows the 2021 Bushfire Survivors vs EPA case - which found the EPA has a legal duty to take action on climate change. Jacqui Mumford, Nature Conservation Council of NSW CEO, said it was the "largest change" to the EPA's powers since ...

The 50 most influential ESG corporate professionals in Australia named

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... their respective spheres. This year's Power50 entrants are addressing ESG challenges that need urgent attention. Climate change mitigation remains paramount, with emphasis on renewable energy adoption and carbon neutrality targets. Furthermore, governance ...

ISSB digital standards not perfect

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... excellent start but further work is needed to ensure companies are reporting on the full scope of physical risks that climate change may have on their business. "In short, the physical risk component of the standards needs building out and in its current ...

Subsidiaries must comply with Aussie regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... (ASRS), even if they already make disclosures under foreign regimes, EY finds. Alexandra Banks, partner at EY, climate change and sustainability services, has been receiving an influx of questions related to the application of proposed climate-related ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... collaboration after his presentation. "Dr Gurr said, 'If you're worried about what's going to happen with climate change, let's say at four degrees, or the travesty that will happen there, you really need to be worried about what's ...

Investors back climate disclosure mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... below 2005 levels by 2030, 75% below by 2035 and net zero by 2050. The 15 signatories include the Investor Group on Climate Change, Responsible Investment Association Australasia, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Australian Institute of ...

MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) Technical Expert Groups and teamed up with the Investor Group for Climate Change (IGCC) and Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking (IAST) on stewardship initiatives. On her appointment as a non-executive ...

ISPT issues $1.5bn sustainably linked loan facility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... labour certification. These targets are in line with ISPT's ESG framework, which focuses on key areas such as climate change, resource efficiency, and supply chain. This is ISPT's third sustainability linked loan having restructured the ISPT ...