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Australia not ready for sustainability benchmarks, consultants warn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's sustainability agenda is not keeping up with new globally consistent sustainability reporting standards set to be released at the end of June, according to a national ESG consultant to Australian businesses. Two new voluntary sustainability ...

NSW Modern Slavery Plan to build prevention capability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... "every day" and utilise tools at its disposal. Otiende is a survivor advocate for survivors of trafficking and expert in standards of care and survivors engagement. She said that businesses and government need to go beyond acknowledgement and awareness ...

Cost a barrier for SME ambition on net zero: BSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... business practice, but cost is the main barrier towards taking action, according to BSI Group. BSI Group - the global standards and business improvement organisation - recently released its Net Zero Barometer Report 2023. The report covers UK-based SMEs ...

Family offices see ESG as part of fiduciary duty: Ocorian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... of the HNW sector. Emerging HNW investors placed more importance on investing in companies with good ethical and ESG standards than their ultra HNW (UHNW) counterparts, the survey found. Half of this group rated this as extremely important, very important ...

Aussie AI platform aids HK firms in Scope 3 emissions compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... disclosures on ESG reports for all listed companies. The disclosures would be in line with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) Climate Standard and enforce Scope 3 emissions reporting disclosure. The proposed regulations, released ...

Super fund survey finds strong demand for sustainable super

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... be. "One of the challenges for consumers is the vast array of ESG approaches and complex terminology that lacks common standards and definitions," Bradford said As sustainability values increase as one of the drivers of decision making, funds need to ...

Companies urged to address Scope 3 emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... aware of the implications around Scope 3. "Scope 3 reporting is highly complex and as yet, relatively undefined from a standards perspective," he said. "Have businesses worked to understand the materiality of their emissions? The emissions in their value ...

Treasury mandates APRA must consider climate risk in duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... expectations for the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) which includes the adoption of climate reporting standards by super funds, banks and insurers. "For the first time, the government is explicit in requiring the regulator to consider ...

Greening the 2032 Brisbane Olympics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... prominently within the Games infrastructure, precincts, and beyond. Integrate First Nations knowledge and practice into standards, guidance, and practice and bring together the wisdom and knowledge of Country to inform current and future practice for ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing as form of greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting is simply the next stage in a long series of important moves towards greater transparency and higher disclosure standards. Moves that benefit us all, from the consumer to the investor, to companies themselves - to say nothing of the planet." ...

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Podcast: From silos to synergy

THE GREENER WAY  |   7:55AM
First Sentier Investors' global head of responsible investment Kate Turner joins The Greener Way to discuss how accounting for the many inter-reactions and flow-on effects of addressing specific sustainability issues can lead to improved outcomes.

Plenti wins WA government mandate

KARREN VERGARA
ASX-listed Plenti Group has won a mandate from the Western Australian government to help the state accelerate the adoption of batteries.

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA
Despite the raging global trade war, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) is calling for carbon tariffs on some imports and for Australia to lead the way for a regional Asian carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).

Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

MATTHEW WAI
Although investors are withdrawing from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield.

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