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Greenwashing a serious threat to financial markets: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... action in 2024. Speaking at this week's annual forum, ASIC chair Joe Longo said sustainable financial reporting and disclosure, better consumer outcomes and addressing misconduct in the superannuation sector and ensuring fair and orderly financial markets ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... (ACCR), which found that Australian companies perform even worse. Many top Australian companies have poor governance and disclosure of their political spending and there is a significant gap between these companies' committed stances on climate policy ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... impacts are posing more serious risks to investors and regulators in the lead-up to mandatory and voluntary climate risk disclosure regimes, including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial ...

Investing during a disorderly transition: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Scenario analysis is one strategic planning tool investors can use. There's been an upswing in scenario analysis for disclosure purposes, driven by the TCFD and now the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards. Looking beyond disclosure to figure ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... how you manage and disclose risks under section 180 [of the Corporations Act]." The opinion links nature-related risk disclosure to s 180 of the Corporations Act, which sets out the g that a company officeholder must exercise their powers and discharge ...

Finance eyes $500b green buildings opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The global property industry has embraced sustainable finance instruments in a trend that offers an investment opportunity of at least half a trillion Australian dollars, ahead of mandatory emissions data disclosures due in 2024. Buildings contribute ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... frameworks, increasing governmental support and the general private-sector momentum necessary to scale up." Reporting and disclosure frameworks The recently released TNFD framework is a catalyst for shifting capital flows towards nature-positive outcomes ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... taxonomy," Lovell said. "It is yet to be determined how the market would seek to use it and whether it's a voluntary disclosure framework or regulation or legislation. We would expect as an investor to have a level of interrelationship with the taxonomy ...

Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Investors need to be able to assess companies and countries on their ability to manage the transition to a lower-carbon economy using a range of backward and forward-looking metrics. There is a lack of global standards and definitions around climate ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... UK through to Australia and New Zealand." GSIA worked with the CFA Institute when the CFA Institute issued their ESG disclosure guidance in 2020 and the two bodies plus the PRI came together when the International Organization of Securities Commissions ...