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RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... O'Connor pointed to regulatory developments around sustainability-focused products both globally, including the SEC ESG Disclosure Guidance in the US, SFDR in the EU, and SDR in the UK as well as locally. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has identified strengthening ...

Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Australian companies support stronger regulation around modern slavery, including the establishment of a national anti-slavery commissioner and the introduction of financial penalties for inadequate disclosures. A coalition of human rights organisations ...

Market Forces asks for ASIC investigation of ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... resolution to change the company constitution to permit advisory resolutions. The second was an advisory resolution seeking disclosure on fossil fuel financing. "Market Forces and ANZ shareholder Christine Cook have asked ASIC to investigate whether ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... ocean, while only 3 cents is spent fixing it. "There's a lot of work to be done, and it's not just in terms of disclosure," Walsh said. "We will never move the needle unless we do things differently... We're on the blue planet and everything ...

CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... climate-related disclosures. As the Australian green bond market matures, a stronger regime of issuer measurement and disclosure will attract the growing pool of investors who want to preference sustainability and low emissions opportunities in their ...

New Zealand regulator warns Vanguard for disclosure failure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... warning was appropriate." In December, Vanguard paid $39,960 to comply with three infringement notices related to product disclosure statements (PDS)for the Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Funds. ASIC noted that the Vanguard International ...

Investors flag decarbonisation, real world impacts as priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... water and deforestation to focus on as frameworks like TNFD are evolving because they are areas that have more data disclosure and data coverage while also being systemic challenges, Moret noted.

Australian sustainable finance taxonomy to feature traffic-light system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability outcomes created by the sustainable financial institutions. "They're two sides of the same coin. Disclosure frameworks in other countries require not just reporting on the risks to the financial value of a business, but reporting under ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... rainforest) guidance. The TNFD is a global initiative first launched in June 2021 to deliver a risk management and disclosure framework on the impacts of nature-related loss and associated opportunities for financial institutions and companies. A number ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... countries could hit net zero by 2059, companies could hit net zero by 2055." Within the cohort of the 50 biggest emitters, disclosure around how capital expenditures will align with those targets lags global peers, and where disclosures are made, the ...