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Disclosure of climate risks doubles in four years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... conducted by Chartered Accountants ANZ, the University of Melbourne, the University of Queensland, and the Australian Accounting Standards Board, found the number of companies including climate risks in their annual statements rose from 18% in 2021 to ...

Apex on local hiring spree

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... offering documents, adding that it's difficult to hire someone who has say, worked in a long-only fund from an accounting perspective, compared to private assets style fund administration," he said. Aside from the decumulation phase of the superannuation ...

Green moves: Re-Vi, Aware Super, Insignia Financial

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... global forestry investment and natural capital business. The incoming chief executive sits on the Greening Australia and Accounting for Nature boards. She is also a member of the government's Nature Finance Council. Kuppalli said she is excited to ...

CA ANZ issues warning over new financial standards body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... financial standards body is "akin to having a medical standards board without a practicing doctor". The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB), and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), which ...

Government creates $1bn green iron fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... people directly and indirectly. Iron and steel production is responsible for 8% of the globe's emissions, with iron accounting for 90% of this. However, the Minerals Institute of Western Australia says a single green iron plant could add a cumulative ...

Green moves: Warakirri, La Trobe Financial, Future Generation, Tracker Group, GRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... the world's first globally accepted standards for sustainability reporting. Canada-based Cho teaches sustainability accounting at New York University and is one of two academics alongside Melbourne-based chair Carol Adams who is a professor at Durham ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... auditors. The new standards permit internal auditors' involvement, while Australia may see a ban. Three of the Big Four accounting houses - Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC - support a ban, as do the major industry associations. Specialist fund manager Impax ...

Zenith hires from Preqin and Morningstar

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... and analytics space, with direct experience across managed accounts, investment sales, sales management, cloud-based accounting software and fintech,' added Boyes. "These strategic appointments underscore Zenith's commitment to strengthening our institutional ...

Top consulting firms pilot SAP carbon tool

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Accenture, Deloitte and PwC sign on to a new carbon accounting system developed by tech giant SAP. EY and TCS also joined the three heavyweights in backing the new platform called the SAP Green Ledger. The new platform aims to be the most comprehensive ...

Investors "not interested" in nuclear

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... issues with our grid." Meanwhile, the Climate Council accused the Coalition of allegedly "cooking the books" with "dodgy accounting". CEO Amanda McKenzie said the estimates "have more holes than Swiss cheese". The cost estimations are less than half ...