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Taking a closer look at corporate lobbying on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... change lobbying practices. Much of the literature on lobbying focuses on North America and Europe. Australian and New Zealand perspectives and experiences tend to get much less attention, and the lessons learned here are rarely shared with others. We ...

COVID-19 risks and impacts disclosure "unprecedented challenge": AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... the impacts of COVID-19, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and CPA Australia have published a joint guidance on disclosure and reporting. Louise Petschler, general manager - ...

Accounting bodies develop guidelines for disclosing to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) have released a paper outlining recommendations on disclosing for the Sustainable ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The majority of citizens in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada want their governments to do more to combat climate change, according to a poll conducted by research platform Glow. Glow recently released its report ...

Chronos Sustainability hires Ian Woods for strategic Australian/NZ role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Woods will represent Chronos as its climate change and sustainable investment specialist for Australia and New Zealand. Woods is an internationally recognised expert on climate change, and ethical and responsible investment. He was a founder ...

ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The vast majority of Australian and New Zealand companies reporting to CDP have board-level oversight on climate-related issues, but more action is needed, CDP said. Pratima Divgi, director of Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand at ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... portfolio in Australia valued at $2.5 billion and total assets under management of $11.9 billion across Australia, New Zealand and Europe. Cromwell had more than 3,800 tenant customers in 15 countries, leasing over 3.7 million sqm of space. Cromwell ...

Sydney Airport issues $600m bond with sustainability linked tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... dollar investment," said Matthew Carr, MUFG's managing director and head of debt capital markets for Australia and New Zealand. "We are proud to have priced the world's first ESG-linked tranche and to have partnered with Sydney Airport and USPP investors ...

Frasers Property Australia establishes Sustainable Finance Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the relevant international principles and guidelines. Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Barclays Bank PLC and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) Limited acted as joint sustainability ...

Local Government Super appoints Claudia Bels as board director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... wide variety of member-based, private and government organisations including CBHS Corporate Health, Australia and New Zealand Recycling Platform, Australian Settlements Limited, Australian Physiotherapy Council and the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission. ...