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NZ climate disclosure legislation to affect Australian entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... leveraging the way the finance sector shapes the total economy, noted Jane Rennie, general manager external affairs, CPA Australia. "Although the direct application of the law is limited to around 200 organisations initially, it will have knock-on effects ...

Australia's Paris Agreement carbon commitments criticised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... holding warming below 2 degrees C, let alone with the Paris Agreement's stronger 1.5 degree C limit." Jane Rennie, CPA Australia general manager external affairs, policy and advocacy, said Australia had "stuck a spoke in the wheel" of an increasingly ...

International sustainability accounting standards bodies to merge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... are connected to long-term enterprise value, with these endeavours ultimately benefiting other key stakeholders." CPA Australia welcomed the announcement. "The merger brings together two of the leading standard setters on comprehensive corporate reporting," ...

Climate change, SDG impacts of US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change, and also risks seeing Australia left behind, said Jane Rennie, general manager external affairs, CPA Australia. "The climate emergency is as much of a health and economic issue as the pandemic and requires a global commitment every bit ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 - advocacy, AICD The guidance ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... regulatory and professional organisations including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), CPA Australia, Governance Institute of Australia, Australian Institute of Company Directors and Transparency International Australia, along ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... responses to those megatrends, according to a report from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Focal Point Australia, CPA Australia and KPMG Australia. Victoria Whitaker, head of GRI Focal Point Australia From Tactical to Strategic: How Australian businesses ...

Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... in who the target audience of an integrated report is, said John Purcell, policy advisor corporate regulation at CPA Australia. "Initially, there was a strong emphasis on providers of financial capital, whereas now the framework that we have in hand ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... capital have been adopted for reporting purposes by companies. John Purcell, policy advisor corporate regulation at CPA Australia, cited The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), a global initiative that has developed standards for measuring ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches new G4 guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... the GRI working groups that contributed to the development and redevelopment of standards in G4. John Purcell of CPA Australia and Kirsten Simpson of Net Balance participated in the technical editing taskforce, Andrew Cole of Lend Lease was on the boundary ...