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World Bank breaks record with US$5b sustainable development bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... SDB achieved tremendous global investor reception with orders in excess of US$11 billion, paving the way for very high-quality US$5 billion deal size."

ACCC issues greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... inadvertently, for example because of a lack of understanding on the part of management about the rigour required to produce high-quality disclosure," Motto said. "The distinction between what constitutes genuine reporting of an organisation's legitimate ...

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... security expertise held by directors and/or the external expertise boards use for advice and assurance. Worker safety : The quality of safety reporting practices among companies still varies widely, including whether fatalities have taken place, how ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... bilaterally and report on their trade, while Article 6.4 will establish a new UNFCC mechanism to validate, verify and issue high-quality carbon credits. Comhar Group director and principal lawyer Emily Gerrard said that bilateral carbon trading agreements ...

ASX100 improving on modern slavery disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The modern slavery reporting quality of ASX100 companies has improved "substantially", with 40% of 2022 statements reviewed by Monash Business School's Centre for Financial Studies receiving an A and 23% a B. The Centre for Financial Studies has released ...

GRI and EFRAG partner on Interoperability Index

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... chair of EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board, said "EFRAG strives to build on and contribute to the global progress of quality sustainability reporting as well as to minimise the reporting burden for companies. "With the recently adopted ESRS, companies ...

Research flags need for comprehensive ESG reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... changes brought by the proposed adoption of the international standards as a baseline to improve sustainability reporting quality and regulation into the future."

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... announced during Gender Equality Day at COP28. The partnership will focus on action around three core pillars: better quality data to support decision making in transition planning, more effective finance flows to regions most impacted by climate change ...

Super investment key to decarbonising Australia: ASFA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... funds in better allocating capital towards net zero transition, including Develop the frameworks to improve the scope and quality of disclosed data by entities Reduce barriers (particularly related to regulation and planning) to the required allocation ...

Responsible investment key to wealth transfer conversation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... one difference is that those advisers that are proactively engaging in that conversation see better uptake and a better quality relationship with that next generation. "Those that incorporate responsible investment into the value proposition are seeing ...