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Robeco defines key business sustainability impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... the Global Reporting Initiative framework and the European Union's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) standards in their assessment. "The concept of double materiality is an important element of the EU's Sustainable Finance Action Plan ...

Are investors walking the walk when it comes to voting on biodiversity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... to take biodiversity loss seriously, the report found, bringing into question whether investors are complying to ESG standards, and whether shareholders of these funds are being misled. The research analysed 26,587 votes on biodiversity-related shareholder ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The forthcoming International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards will reshape the way businesses report and allow investors to make better decisions to allocate capital to sustainable projects, according to the IFRS Foundation ...

Outgoing APRA deputy governor calls for greater board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... considering how we can strengthen this aspect of governance and risk management as part of upcoming reviews of Prudential Standards CPS 510 Governance and CPS 220 Risk Management." "There is a range of reasons why some boards do better than others in ...

Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... investors need to approach companies together and focus on systemic and market-wide requests." A need for consistent global standards According to global professional services and management consulting firm Aon, just 25% of private companies and 50% ...

30% women a minimum for boards under new ACSI policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... shifted from a target to aspire to a minimum standard," Davidson said. "We have updated our policy to recognise market standards and support continued improvement. There's a fair way to go - even in the top 200 companies there are still 54 who fall ...

No pause button on greenwashing action: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... market and financial services regulator to proactively supervise and enforce governance, transparency and disclosure standards in relation to sustainable finance-related products and services. This follows the government proposal to introduce a mandatory ...

Companies urged to act on greenwashing ahead of new ISSB framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Consumer Commission's (ACCC) crackdown on greenwashing and the forthcoming release of the new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards that will be released in June. Nicole Mohan, national sustainability lead and principal, risk ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... for nature Plibersek announced that environmental policy will be built around 5 pillars: New national environmental standards The standards will ensure that new laws deliver nature positive outcomes. Nature positive means arresting the decline in nature ...

New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... stakeholders to ensure that the disclosure framework can be integrated into existing reporting requirements and disclosure standards. Further information will be shared for public consultation early in the third quarter of this year. A "natural" decision ...