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UN-informed tool to assess SDG progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... selection, allowing users to perform benchmarking and fund classification, and to meet evolving sustainable finance standards and legislative frameworks. Patricia Torres, global head of sustainable finance solutions at Bloomberg commented that the tool ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... role in the development of a science-based sequestration taxonomy and terminology, through the development of national standards and international guidelines". Researchers expect that recommendations will include amending the Carbon Farming Initiative ...

Treasury proposes merger of accounting, audit bodies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... that government will propose legislation to merge the three bodies that oversee financial reporting and set reporting standards - the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the Financial Reporting ...

Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... global markets, Longo said. "As I've said before, it's driving the biggest changes to financial reporting and disclosure standards in a generation, and we need to be ready to meet those changes." Longo noted that poor governance and misleading disclosure ...

Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... reallocation and management of demand shifts and cost increases) lagged behind. Governance, institutions, and commitments (standards, market mechanisms, and institutions; commitment and collaboration among leaders; and citizen and consumer support) also ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Directive (CSRD), the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. "Achieving reliable assessment of exposure to physical hazards relies on large amounts of geospatial and climate data ...

Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... upswing in scenario analysis for disclosure purposes, driven by the TCFD and now the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards. Looking beyond disclosure to figure out how to use scenario analysis to test and refine your strategy can be very powerful. ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... real estate investors, occupiers, and managers from the start of the next financial year. In June, new sustainability standards were released by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). That same month Treasury proposed the implementation ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... expertise in "asset-level classification of energy decarbonisation technologies and the development of sustainable finance standards," to support the development of the taxonomy but also the government's sovereign green bond framework. It is anticipated ...

Call for investment to spur ethical fashion education

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... costs. Investment is also needed in upskilling awareness and education around ethical products, including consistent standards around ethical product certification. The Australian Ethical Consumer Report, produced by McCrindle, found that more Australians ...