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Climate change a risk to financial stability: RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... could be larger and occur faster than currently anticipated," he said. "More advanced modelling techniques and more granular data are needed to produce more robust estimates of possible credit losses." There will be a focus on the impact of climate change ...

ESG factors increasingly drive financial decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... decision-making. Dedicated ESG personnel were hired in the past year across various functions including ESG teams (23%), data integration and analytics (10%), stewardship (9%), and equity investment (7%). Russell found that demand for ESG-specific compliance ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Robust and credible sustainability metrics data that runs from the farm gate to the kitchen table is part of a push to signal Australia's agricultural industry as attractive to investors. A growing population and our proximity to Asia makes agriculture ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... be required to report on Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and are permitted to "disclose Scope 3 GHG emissions measured using data for the immediately preceding reporting period, if reasonable and supportable data related to the current reporting period ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... that can shape action on governing modern slavery risks. "The first of these lessons is the need for reliable, firm-level data," Cockayne said. "Identifying carbon emissions at the unit level has been key to being able to set and enforce expectations ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Europe had the highest number of new participants, rising from 907 to 1013. Ratings issued by the validated ESG performance data benchmark now collectively cover US$8.8 trillion in gross asset value. Despite 72% of global real estate participants reporting ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... economies grew by 46% (from US$41.5 billion in 2019) and global MDB climate finance by 62% (from US$61.6 billion in 2019). The data, coordinated by the European Investment Bank (EIB), was drawn from the African Development Bank, the Asian Development ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... country is now at its highest level on record, with the April to June quarter seeing 91% renewables according to government data. By comparison, Australia's energy mix was made up predominantly of fossil fuels at 68% of total electricity generation ...

New EU rules at the border and beyond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... on embedded greenhouse gas emissions without paying any financial adjustment at this stage. Importers are asked to collect data for the fourth quarter of 2023. First reports will have to be submitted by 31 January 2024. Valdis Dombrovskis, executive ...

Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... this from a strategic perspective and understand what the risks and opportunities are for the business and the reporting data will flow from that," she said. "Whereas if you're just looking at it as a once-a-year, find the numeral, tick the box ...