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Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... benchmark for green residential building criteria. The framework will be replaced by the national sustainable finance taxonomy once finalised at the end of 2024. A Westpac spokesperson commented: "The Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy is a critical ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Institute (ASFI) told FS Sustainability it will include human rights in its development of its Australian sustainable finance taxonomy. Environmental and social considerations are developed through the lens of "Do No Significant Harm" (DNSH) and Minimum ...

Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... offshore wind development. The government announced it will co-fund the development of an Australian sustainable finance taxonomy, committed to women's economic empowerment in the climate transition, and mandated that the Australian Prudential Regulation ...

Podcast: Banking on the future with Australia's green bank

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... financing across priority sectors and market segments, contributing to the development phase of the sustainable finance taxonomy, and contributing to the development phase of energy assessment tools (such as NatHERS In-Homes) for financial product applicability ...

Top 10 most-read articles of 2023

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. #2: Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development April: Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the government would co-fund the initial development phase of an Australian ...

Progress on Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Finance Institute (ASFI) has published two methodology papers towards the development of Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy. To achieve Australia's goals for renewables deployment, there is a growing pipeline of public sector investment for a range ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... finance vehicle and a Singapore-Asian taxonomy. Australia is in the process of developing its own sustainable finance taxonomy. According to McKinsey senior partner Cindy Levy, climate finance is seeing a global shortfall of US$55 trillion needed in ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... financing across priority sectors and market segments, contributing to the development phase of the sustainable finance taxonomy, and contributing to the development phase of energy assessment tools (such as NatHERS In-Homes) for financial product applicability ...

Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... and super fund options as well as plans to have an unnamed government body maintain a forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy to "ensure that it is effectively embedded in Australia's regulatory framework." Treasury has released the long-anticipated ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainability was a media partner to the conference. Caring for Country ASFI is developing Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy and recommends that Australia should develop "do no significant harm" criteria, including standards for respecting ...