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Scope 3 emissions: an explainer for SMEs

ELISHA BRILLANTES, MEI LING HO  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the personnel, time or knowledge to tackle the process. Nevertheless, without accounting for emissions from your supply chain, businesses are blind to a significant portion of their footprint and can't truly engage in meaningful climate action.

Suppliers on notice: Amazon to enforce emissions reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Amazon's 2022 sustainability report highlights. Starting in 2024, the US$1.321 trillion company will update its Supply Chain Standards to require regular reporting and emissions goal setting. "These are activities that take place outside our direct ...

Seismic shift expected in global energy mix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... aspect of achieving a low carbon economy," and that investors should look to the entire renewable infrastructure supply chain, including electrification and digitalisation, as part of a decarbonised mix. This would present "many potential investment ...

Bowen announces sectoral net zero strategy approaches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... advocating for integrating necessary measures into the National Construction Code (NCC), considering the workforce, supply chain, finalised frameworks, and education processes." The Carbon Market Institute (CMI) said Bowen's speech was a "timely ...

Australia releases "first ever" statement on climate in ag

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
The government has released its first National Statement on Climate Change and Agriculture, outlining a plan for Australia's farmers to "maintain global leadership on climate change and agriculture." The statement commits all governments to work ...

Snapshot: The rapid evolution of sustainable investing in Asia

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... common themes... agreed taxonomies, climate reporting that is generally aligned to the TCFD, growing carbon pricing, supply chain due diligence requirements, corporate ESG disclosures and ESG fund-labelling requirements," Tan said. A recent survey by ...

Aussie businesses building climate resilience: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... insurer has released the 2023 FM Global Resilience Index, which measures countries on 15 economic, risk quality and supply chain measures, including climate and broader ESG metrics. The tool enables companies to augment their business risk assessments ...

Amid economic uncertainty, "overlooked" co-ops and mutuals thrive

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's top 100 co-operative and mutual enterprises saw revenue increases of 10.8% to $37.7 billion in the 2022 financial year, despite global and domestic economic uncertainty - with the greatest number being in the financial services sector, a ...

NSW Modern Slavery Plan to build prevention capability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The office of the NSW independent anti-slavery commissioner has outlined a three-year strategic plan to identify and eradicate the more than 16,400 estimated instances of modern slavery in the state. NSW independent anti-slavery commissioner James Cockayne ...

Cost a barrier for SME ambition on net zero: BSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... have different challenges, but with Australian SMEs, they are 98% of businesses who are down at the lower end of the supply chain and don't have the level of funding that large organisations have," Meehan said. "If I go back to our research from ...