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CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... renewable generation, long duration storage and grid infrastructure as part of the NSW Infrastructure Roadmap. The roadmap is a policy framework to coordinate the investment in generation, storage and firming infrastructure. "We are delighted to have ...

Two-thirds of boards lack ESG understanding: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... crisis, yet 70% haven't participated in a tabletop exercise, 48% haven't created a formal crisis management escalation policy and 32% haven't defined board leadership's role in a crisis. Half of directors believe that executives are overpaid - compared ...

UK transition plan taskforce releases final disclosure framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The UK government's Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) has launched a final framework as the UK government considers making transition disclosure mandatory for larger companies. Insurer Aviva, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), asset manager Legal ...

Act now on carbon emissions to avoid higher costs later: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... from each facility, and reduces this baseline each year, EY said in the report. "There was so much debate and focus on the policy discussion of the role of offsets, that it almost side-stepped the main impact, which is the 4.9% annual decline in baseline ...

Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... in corporate reporting in a generation and will require a big lift from current state to end state," said AICD head of policy Christian Gergis. "We need to support our members to produce high quality climate disclosures and there is a real challenge ...

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... effective, economy-wide transition to net zero, Climate Action100+ said in the report. "Companies are still not lobbying for the policy conditions that would allow them to decarbonise quickly enough," Proudlove said. "We've lobbied quite hard for the ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... in NSW, Victoria and Queensland and some global jurisdictions as well, but there needs to be improved levels of funding, policy development and corporate cooperation to get them off the ground, plus robust accounting and verification regimes. Smith specifies ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... 0.5% for the middle 20%, and 0.1% for the highest 20%. "The pandemic response highlights the profound impact of government policy on income inequality in our society," ACOSS chief executive Cassandra Goldie said. "Sadly, it was a story of two steps forward ...

US regulator slaps US$25m penalty on DWS for greenwashing, AML

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... from August 2018 until late 2021, DIMA failed to adequately implement certain provisions of its global ESG integration policy as it had led clients and investors to believe it would. The order finds that DIMA also failed to adopt and implement policies ...

Public-private partnership to tackle VIC housing crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... investment, especially for quality affordable housing. Industry superannuation fund HESTA CEO Debby Blakey said government policy settings will provide a favourable environment for investors and may pave the way for broader avenues to encourage further ...