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AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability disclosure standards, 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 ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... enhanced calls publicly for companies to get involved in advocacy activities such as contributing to the Australian government's sectoral decarbonisation pathway frameworks, or seeking policy that reduces risk to unlock greater development of Australia's ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... year listening to vulnerable workers - and in particular to temporary and seasonal migrant workers operating under government sponsored work schemes. "Our horticulture, agriculture, and meat processing sectors are increasingly looking to these workforces. ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... are keen for more coordination, planning and certainty through this significant economic transition. The Australian government has gone some way to providing this through its climate policies, and will hopefully go further with a more integrated approach ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the physical damages and disruption of climate change is lagging behind. But new focus from investors, companies and government on investing in building resilience means this is a rising priority as well as an economy-wide challenge. The most recent ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... role to play in investing in critical mineral development with appropriate development laws as well as advocating to government for consistent longer-term policy, which would help to reduce or manage risks in these investments, Boele said. "To date ...

CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... will also make a positive impact on the achievement of Australia's important decarbonisation ambitions." The NSW government estimates that by 2030 the roadmap will have supported the delivery of at least 12 GW of additional renewable energy generation ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Climate finance by multilateral development banks (MDBs) for low-income and middle-income economies hit a new high of US$60.7 billion in 2022, up 46% from 2019, a new joint report has found. The spend included US$38 billion (63%) on climate change mitigation ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Following an election win on Saturday, centre-right PM-elect Chris Luxon announced that his incoming government will abandon NZ plans for a zero emissions grid by 2030. Further, no new funding will go to renewables - but planning processes will be streamlined ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... owners and developers, and capital providers, and improve efficiency of the green financing market." Arup works with government agencies, property owners and developers, NGOs and financial institutions on low carbon projects and assets globally. Arup ...