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ACCC publishes greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has outlined eight principles designed to combat greenwashing by businesses and protect consumers. The ACCC has published a draft guidance to address "concerning conduct" based on a recent greenwashing ...

Australia releases "first ever" statement on climate in ag

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
The government has released its first National Statement on Climate Change and Agriculture, outlining a plan for Australia's farmers to "maintain global leadership on climate change and agriculture." The statement commits all governments to work ...

CPA's putting the 'S' in ESG: How does Canada compare?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
When it comes to the role of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in social governance and community impact, Australia and Canada share similar contexts and have much to learn from each other. In Canada, as in Australia, many companies now view ESG as ...

Stewardship part of fiduciary role and investment opportunity: BNP Paribas AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management's (BNPP AM) stewardship activities in Asia Pacific focus on the global aims of energy transition, environmental sustainability and equality and inclusive growth, according to the head of stewardship, Asia Pacific. Jane ...

Cleaning up diversity-washing boosts business performance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Financy, creator of the Financy Women's Index, recently launched anti-DEI-washing app Impacter to help businesses self-assess, improve business outcomes, and move towards best practice on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The new cloud-based ...

Singapore to scale climate data with CDSC NZDPU partnership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
The Climate Data Steering Committee (CDSC), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on access to climate-related data. The collaboration will join MAS and SGX ...

Nature Market Repair Bill: why some farmers oppose biodiversity offsets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Eight thousand farmers across Australia have opposed the inclusion of biodiversity offsets for land clearing in the federal government's Nature Market Repair Bill, which they say could not effectively offset habitat loss from other developments. The ...

Treasury seeks feedback on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
A second consultation paper released this week by Treasury asks for feedback on a standardised, internationally-aligned, mandatory climate-related financial disclosure framework that will be implemented starting from 2024. The new framework, informed ...

Global development banks release joint principles towards Paris alignment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Ten multilateral development banks (MDBs) have identified the financing activities most closely aligned with achieving the intent of the Paris Agreement while also defining financing coal- and peat-related activities as not aligned. The MDBs involved ...

NSW Modern Slavery Plan to build prevention capability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The office of the NSW independent anti-slavery commissioner has outlined a three-year strategic plan to identify and eradicate the more than 16,400 estimated instances of modern slavery in the state. NSW independent anti-slavery commissioner James Cockayne ...