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Australia not ready for sustainability benchmarks, consultants warn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's sustainability agenda is not keeping up with new globally consistent sustainability reporting standards set to be released at the end of June, according to a national ESG consultant to Australian businesses. Two new voluntary sustainability ...

Aussie AI platform aids HK firms in Scope 3 emissions compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Specialist advisory firm Alaya Consulting today announced a partnership with Australian emissions management platform Avarni to facilitate ESG reporting and carbon emissions management in Hong Kong. The consultancy's focus on ESG disclosure, science-based ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The forthcoming International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards will reshape the way businesses report and allow investors to make better decisions to allocate capital to sustainable projects, according to the IFRS Foundation ...

Bank Australia sets interim 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Bank Australia has announced that it will aim to reduce its carbon emissions by 64% by 2030 as an interim step to net zero by 2035. The mutual bank's target, which applies to Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and covers its financed emissions, has been validated ...

ISSB to require Scope 3 emissions disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Companies will be required to report Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions as part of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) climate-related disclosure standards. The ISSB voted unanimously to include Scopes 1 2 and 3 at its October ...

V-Square launches ESG index strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
V-Square Quantitative Management has launched an ESG and carbon transition index strategy that aligns with the Your Future, Your Super performance test. The V-Square MSCI Global Equity ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition Indexed Strategy tracks the ...

Zurich accelerates net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Zurich's local operation has committed to reducing the carbon intensity of its investment portfolio by 25% by 2025 while committing to hit net zero for its operations by 2030. Zurich announced new targets and initiatives for its operations in Australia ...

AASB considering ISSB sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) is considering how to integrate climate change and sustainability-related financial accounting standards into Australian standards. AASB is consulting on the recently draft International Sustainability ...

Investor backing for Say on Climate votes: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's largest super funds and the world's largest investment managers backed most "Say on Climate" votes in 2021, according to analysis from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). There were 19 'Say on Climate' votes on company ...

ISSB launches draft sustainability disclosure standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022  |  NEWS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has moved one step closer to the creation of a unified set of sustainability disclosures with the release of two drafts covering general sustainability-related disclosure requirements and specific ...