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Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... businesses and company-specific contexts and processes. The importance of the "G" in ESG Governance came early to Australia and Europe, Cross said. Australian companies understand that governance is vital to help set in motion to systems and processes ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Industry leaders have delivered a stark warning to Australian companies and government to ensure that workers are not left behind in a just transition to net zero - or risk the kind of political polarisation and populism that has given rise to the "anti-woke" ...

Is divestment the last resort for modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Obokata, citing the same report, noted that Asia and the Pacific region are most exposed to forced labour, followed by Europe and Central Asia,, Africa, the Americas and Arab states "Looking specifically at Australia there is no doubt that this country ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... and other landholders," including First Nations landholders. Plibersek also noted that businesses who wish to trade with Europe and the US need to prescribe to verifiable standards to conform to mandatory reporting requirements or voluntary reporting ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) called on the finance community to look overseas to Europe for proof of concept. The first milestones towards a circular economy was achieved in 2021 following the commencement ...

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The government announcement of a forthcoming Sovereign Green Bonds program has been welcomed, with fixed income managers pointing to increased Australian dollar-denominated green bond supply and enhanced transparency as positive future developments. ...

No role for monetary policy to address climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) should "take account of climate risks but not use monetary policy to address them," a recommendation made as part of a sweeping overhaul of how the central bank functions. As reported in sister publication Financial ...

South Korea leads with ESG fund disclosure taskforce and anti-greenwash laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... signals a shift in government approach in the region. "Efforts to tackle greenwashing are not just happening in the US and Europe - some Asian countries may actually be moving faster than the US," Kathlyn Collins, vice president and head of ESG at investment ...

Amundi launches suite of Net Zero funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... of the portfolio below a 1.5 C° trajectory model, in line with the Paris Agreement. It will focus on markets in Western Europe and a selection of European peripheral markets, targeting office buildings. The aim is to maintain the carbon footprint of ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... companies and investors could utilise the demand for clean solutions - created by the USA's Inflation Reduction Act and Europe's Green Deal - to create new growth industries in Australia," said Zoe Whitton, managing director and head of impact at Pollination. ...