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Legal loophole fail: compliance won't dodge risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Owners to FPIC," Ashburton said. By implementing the guides, the private sector commits to "reach beyond legislative standards and implement leading practice for cultural heritage as defined by First Nations peoples," Muir added. RIAA co-CEO Estelle ...

Climate group exodus unlikely to hinder climate action: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Morgan, Citi, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo have exited the Equator Principles, which focuses on minimum climate standards for infrastructure and industrial projects. JP Morgan Asset Management also recently left Climate Action 100+. A spokesperson ...

Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... human rights abuses extremely seriously, and we are committed to ensuring all projects we certify uphold high ethical standards," the firm said in a statement. Following Human Rights Watch's initial report into human rights incidences in the project ...

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... practices, the Sustainable Procurement Disclosure Index (SPDI) reveals. The new index from RMIT University assessed 32 standards across governance, economic, social and environmental domains, as set out by the internationally recognised Global Reporting ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... In Asia, regulation is also moving fast towards sustainable finance, with local specificities in each country. ISSB standards are expected to influence sustainability reporting requirements in many jurisdictions and may even become mandatory, with several ...

Business calls for 12-month climate reporting delay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... says the commencement date should be 12 months from either the date legislation is proclaimed or Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) standards are published - whichever is later - before compliance is required. "There is nothing to be gained ...

ISSB publishes jurisdictional guide, seeks experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has published a guide to support jurisdictional adoption of standards, as it searches for 150 experts to provide technical input on sustainability disclosures in financial reports. This comes as ...

Podcast: Driving net zero in infrastructure - Niall Mills

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... with a new name to reflect its commitment to sustainability. As part of this process, the firm has set fi ve minimum standards for all portfolio companies. The minimum standards include health and safety, with zero accident targets and standard reporting ...

Japan issues first climate transition bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Standard, which assures environmental objectives of use of proceeds and signifies alignment with global best practice standards. The country's Green Transformation (GX) policy aims to fund advanced sustainable technologies to transform industrial sectors ...

Final text of EU ESG laws released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... whether ratings align with the Paris Agreement, the International Labour Organisation core conventions, and international standards on tax evasion and avoidance. Both reporting entities and ESG rating agency employees must also disclose and avoid potential ...