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Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... finance markets. The paper covers a range of activities that have been put in place since Anthony Albanese's Labor government came to power in May 2022, with further activities across regulators, legislation and industry outlined. "This is about ...

VIC SEC is back with $1 billion renewable target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... support 2.6 gigawatts of renewable generation and storage assets by 2028. In addition, the SEC will take over the Labor government's Victorian Renewable Energy Target projects by 2025. This will amount to 1.2 gigawatts of renewable energy generation ...

Climate disclosure lawsuit against Commonwealth settled

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... has a responsibility to disclose climate change as a risk in bond information statements. Since that time, the Labor government elected in May 2022 has legislated a net zero target and interim target, is pursuing mandatory climate disclosure standards ...

Climate change to shape economy long-term: Forum

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
The "existential crisis" of climate change, equality and equity of workforce participation in the economy and the aging population are all issues that will affect the budget, markets, and the shape of Australia's economy. Speaking at the Financial ...

Podcast: Australia's role at COP15 with Andrew Petersen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... influx of new member applications and interest in attending COP27 primarily in the wake of the election of the new Labor government along with new legislation to increase carbon reductions to 43% and the possibility of Australia hosting COP31 Petersen ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... passed legislation to reduce carbon emissions 43% by 2030 in law is currently the most prominent example of the Labor government's new action on material ESG issues, but experts tell FS Sustainability that more is being done, even if it's not explicitly ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... to continue work on issues left unresolved from COP26 in Glasgow. As part of that conference, Australia's new Labor government officially submitted its enhanced nationally determined contribution (NDC), which commits Australia to cut carbon emissions ...

Consultation on faith-based products opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Stephen Jones said that if elected, a Labor government would review the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test because of "unintended and negative consequences" on ESG integration ...

Rising costs of carbon credit to impact offsetting strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... international markets and international capital. The former government embraced net zero, and the election of a Labor government with strong representation from those Independents who are pushing for greater climate action means that while there will ...

RIAA tapped to run TNFD consultation group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... forum along with the UK, France and Switzerland. Parker said that RIAA expects this to continue under the new Labor government. "It was encouraging to see the activity that was going on under the previous Australian government and we'd expect that to ...