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Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... continued low natural gas prices, infrastructural obstacles and potential pushback from Republicans in a highly divided Senate. "We believe the Biden administration's key challenge will be maximizing the incentives to scale advanced and knowledge-intensive ...

Climate change, SDG impacts of US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... their transition teams and assembling the future cabinet. The Republican Party looked on track to retain control of the Senate, while the Democratic Party retained control of the House, with precise numbers of the party splits still being settled. Biden ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... market participants responded to the near term uncertainty and attempted to forecast potential outcomes of the presidential, Senate and House elections. Like many around the world, FS Sustainability has published this week without knowing the result ...

Governance Institute backs recommendations for virtual AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
The Governance Institute of Australia is backing recommendations from a Senate committee to amend the Corporations Act to allow virtual and hybrid annual general meetings. The Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology ...

AASB, AuASB statement raises stakes on disclosure of climate-related risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... to what is now a financial risk." The AASB and AuASB statements join statements by regulators, the ASX, and the federal Senate Standing Committee on Economies regarding the expectations around the disclosure of material carbon risk and particularly the ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... government's Clean Energy Future legislative package. The legislation to repeal the CEFC was split into a separate bill in the Senate, which was then defeated. In 2016, the government led by then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull confirmed that they would ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... 2018 annual conference The Modern Slavery Bill has passed the lower House of Parliament, and is under consideration by the Senate. It is widely expected that the bill will pass. The bill will require entities with more than $100 million in revenue - ...

Listed franchise companies facing structural reform risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... don't think it's an issue that will go away," John said. "There is that risk of regulation, and clearly the franchising Senate inquiry is part of that, the fair work ombudsman focus on that area poses challenges, and we're maintaining our engagement ...

ASX adds social license to operate, TCFD to corporate governance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... risk. In the consultation document, the council adds language to Recommendation 7.4 to include recommendations from the Senate Economics References Committee report on Climate Risk Disclosure,giving greater guidance on the disclosure of climate change ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in corporate reporting. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Lawyers Last year, the Senate Standing Committee on Economies issued its report, Carbon risk: a burning issue, which recommended "that government commit ...