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Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Albanese government has made significant new housing investments in the Budget to help deliver a comprehensive Homes for Australia plan. "We're easing the cost of living - and we're building more homes for Australians. In the five years from ...

Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Renewable Energy Agency, A $6.7bn Hydrogen Production Tax Incentive, and $1.3bn for Hydrogen Headstart. The Future Made in Australia Act - Canberra's strategic industrial response to the US Inflation Reduction Act - totals over $21 bn. To boost critical ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... develop Australia's sustainable finance market. In a bid to promote the development of sustainable finance markets in Australia, the government is handing out close to $20 million to the regulators. ASIC will be given $10 million over four years ...

Make sustainability sexy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... a flurry of events across the city, including a panel with Planet Ark founder Jon Dee, and Green Building Council of Australia CEO Davina Rooney. The key message? 'Make sustainability sexy.' From Dee recounting a highly successful climate campaign ...

Subsidiaries must comply with Aussie regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... services, has been receiving an influx of questions related to the application of proposed climate-related disclosures in Australia as part of her work with the EY Sustainability Disclosure Hub. Foreign regulatory regimes that serve the same purpose ...

ESG managed accounts hit $16 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
BT Panorama reached a milestone in growth of its managed accounts, as funds under administration increased by 31% to $16 billion, and new ESG options were added. This calendar year the platform has launched new products including those managed by Vanguard ...

Member accuses UniSuper of greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... increasing road traffic, which increases climate and other pollution," the member said. "Road transport causes about 20% of Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions. While other sectors, such as electricity generation, are reducing their emissions ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... circular economy standards for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation region. Canberra is setting up Environment Information Australia to streamline education for the private sector. The resource will provide a "national accounting" system of environmental ...

ASIC consults on guidance for carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The corporate regulator will update guidance for carbon market participants in relation to the Australian financial services (AFS) licensing requirements. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposed an overhaul of its regulatory ...

Timber talks: Cultivating natural capital with Sarah Clawson

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Forest's newly opened office in Africa; she discusses the firm's global approach and regional differences across Australia and New Zealand, Asia, the US, and Africa. Listen here.
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