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RIAA: Sustainability goes mainstream

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Convention & Exhibition Centre on 1 & 2 May. Over two busy days, the conference will unpack topics like greenwashing, geopolitical risk, climate disclosures, nature positive, modern slavery, carbon offsets workplace culture, and more. "All the big issues ...

Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... climate-related financial risks. "Major investors are neglecting to use one of the most important tools at their disposal to mitigate risk by bringing coal, oil and gas companies into line with climate goals." Market Forces' new analysis highlights how ...

Three innovations to fix carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
With effective risk management and capital allocation, Australia's carbon market can scale to become the biggest in the world, Westpac and the Carbon Market Institute (CMI) say. Companies are shifting from a focus on carbon neutrality to net zero alignment ...

Upskill needed as mandatory reporting looms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... professional competency of practitioners. The framework identifies seven key areas: sustainability reporting, sustainability risk management, sustainable finance strategy, sustainable financial products, transition planning, First Nations and finance ...

Podcast: Boeing, Qantas and corporate governance in aviation with Megan Motto

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... wake of the Qantas and ongoing Boeing scandals, investors - and the public - are asking questions on corporate governance, risk management, and ethical conduct. Today we chat with Megan Motto, CEO of the Governance Institute of Australia - a professional ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... necessitating an additional 200,000 homes. "ABS data for the labour force and overseas arrivals and departures suggests upside risk to these population projections, and hence, upside risk to estimates of underlying housing demand," they said. "Supply ...

Borrowers pressured for plans as Scope 3 left in dust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... emissions reduction plans. It found current transition plans are insufficient for investors to accurately gauge transition risk. Climate transition risk is a significant material financial risk for high-emitting companies on the Climate Action 100+ focus ...

Flawed carbon credits add to business risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Some carbon credits may increase emissions, potentially costing billions of dollars for businesses that must rely on offsets to comply with Safeguard Mechanism. Carbon credits are widely used policy tool to offset the carbon produced by heavy emitters ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... super funds, have been calling for greater disclosure in order to make better-informed investment decisions around climate risk - but some companies pushed back, citing fears around greenwashing litigation if they couldn't get their houses in order in ...

Historic data stymies climate risk pricing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Institutional investors warn that the current methodologies for pricing climate change risk are inadequate and often lead to unintended outcomes and risk-and-return trade-offs, the head of responsible investing research at a specialist global asset ...