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Treasury publishes climate disclosure legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... action based on the public interest." Much like the Modern Slavery Act, the government will conduct a review of climate disclosure requirements 2028-29. The review will be led by Treasury, working with the Council of Financial Regulators. Consultation ...

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures disbanded

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has now officially fulfilled its remit and disbanded. As of November 2023, the TCFD website will no longer be updated or monitored but will remain available with resources for materials ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... ISSB, but AASB has focused more narrowly on climate-related disclosure in line with government efforts to make climate disclosure mandatory under new legislation. It is expected that Treasury will consult on exposure draft legislation to give effect ...

Sustainable AUM tops US$30 trn despite tighter labels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... introduction of clearer disclosure and labelling regimes - such as the EU's SFDR, the UK's SDR, and the SEC's proposed Climate Disclosure Rule - helping drive forward our collective understanding of sustainable investment approaches and providing clarity ...

Preparing for COP28: nature and climate integration

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... equipping businesses with the tools to align nature-related reporting with climate-related frameworks. Although climate disclosure frameworks have historically taken a considerable amount of time to be implemented and mandated, businesses are already ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Treasury's proposed three-year moratorium on private litigation related to Scope 3 reporting as part of its proposed mandatory climate-related financial disclosure package has raised fears that it would give companies the green light to greenwash. ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... AASB has chosen to focus more narrowly on climate-related disclosure in line with government efforts to make climate disclosure mandatory under new legislation. AASB is responsible for developing Australian climate disclosure standards in line with international ...

Investing in net zero "makes business sense": Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... for all companies in Australia, it may be getting there. With government commitments to bring in mandatory climate disclosure forcing company boards to plan for how to comply with standards, and investors engaging with emissions intensive companies with ...

Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Companies are grappling with the ramp-up to mandatory climate disclosure in Australia, the "biggest change in corporate reporting in a generation," with the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) publishing a guide to assist directors' ...

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... greater certainty." The companies that are providing greater disclosure are potentially better placed for when climate disclosure and the introduction of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards come into force in ...