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Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... inclusion of gas in the energy mix until 2050 without taxing the industry: "We can't have it both ways and the government needs to send a clear message to investors, businesses and our trading partners that we want to lead in the global decarbonising ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The government will provide $17.3 million over four years to ASIC and APRA to combat greenwashing and other related financial misconduct and help further develop Australia's sustainable finance market. In a bid to promote the development of sustainable ...

Make sustainability sexy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... long line of frameworks and roadmaps that stretch back to the (recent) inception of climate as a recognised concept. "Government is taking frameworks that make sense, and making them regulation," Rooney said. "We've seen that happening in New Zealand ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... of environmental impact in Australia and be considered one of the measures of success for the nation - alongside the government's Measuring What Matters, the first national wellbeing framework. "GDP is a classic measure of economic activity that takes ...

Younger members drive demand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... fund holds board seats in many of the private companies it invests in; it exercises its proxies; and it works with government and industry associations on policy matters, including on ESG. This strong ESG focus became the fund's competitive advantage. ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... understanding risks, and details strategies for investor engagement. Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner at Australian Government presented the framework at RIAA's 2024 conference in Sydney today alongside panel moderator Mark Lyster, co-chair of ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... reporting and assurance leader Amir Ghandar said. "What's the point of subjecting Group 3 firms to such costs when the government has already indicated it expects that 95% of them will have no material risks or opportunities?" Ghandar said CA ANZ ...

RIAA: Green bonds broaden investor appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... time, the Australian Treasury is issuing a sovereign green bond. This should signal to all the bond issuers that the government is serious about the green bond market... this will also help provide a benchmark for corporate issuers," said Ou Yong. He ...

Competition watchdog exec first boss at think tank

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Launched last year by economist Ross Garnaut, chaired by former ACCC chair Rod Sims, the Superpower Institute (TSI) has appointed ex-ACCC economics lead Baethan Mullen as its inaugural CEO. With more than 20 years' experience in public policy, competition ...

Canberra's new plan a winner for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... reality" and forms part of Australia's response to the US's $1 trillion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The government previously announced it will allocate $2 billion towards the Hydrogen Headstart, $1 billion Solar Sunshot program, $15 billion ...