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Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Bank of Australia is launching its own BNPL offering from mid-2021, and CBA CEO Matt Comyn told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in mid-April that the bank will perform credit background checks before extending ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... retirement benefits to fund members. The regulator is holding the line despite a recent grilling by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics for its prudential focus on climate change risk and hiring of a Head of Climate Risk. In ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... proposed eliminating the carbon price mechanism (CPM) and replace it with the Direct Action Plan (DAP). The House of Representatives, which is held by the Liberal Coalition led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, had passed the government's Clean Energy (Carbon ...

Companies face uncertainty from timing of carbon tax repeal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... when Parliament reconvenes in November. However, while the Liberal government holds the majority in the House of Representatives, it does not hold the majority in the Senate, and the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Greens have said they will ...

Investors urge adoption of carbon legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... government has introduced its Clean Energy Future Legislation into parliament and scheduled a vote in the House of Representatives for 12 October, a move welcomed by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Under legislation outlined by Prime Minister ...
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