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Morningstar boosts ESG focus with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... as RIAA. "I am pleased to have Michelle join the team at an important time for our clients as they grapple with key legislation such as the upcoming mandatory climate-related financial disclosure," Morningstar managing director of enterprise Peter Bryant ...

ASFA partners with First Nations Foundation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... modules include Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture in everyday life, impacts of historical events, government legislation and policy, working and communicating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, clients and colleagues ...

APRA acts on climate risk watch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... the best interests of fund members. Lonsdale made the comments during his opening statement to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee this week. During his speech he said that despite geopolitical risks, continuing high inflation, elevated mortgage ...

Canberra scopes First Nations economic policy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Torres Strait Islander Peoples. This includes collaboration to address systemic barriers and current policies and legislation that lack inclusivity. "Support from non-Indigenous organisations in the financial sector is required," FNF chief executive ...

Unclear rules pose investment risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... until July 2024. Recently, the EPA gained stronger powers, including increased fines, under the Environment Protection Legislation Amendment (Stronger Regulation and Penalties) Bill 2024. This follows the 2021 Bushfire Survivors vs EPA case - which found ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... market expectations and build trust, he said. However, "there's probably only about a 5% gap here for actual new legislation," he said.

Make sustainability sexy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... going to make more and more financial sense." In the next five years the private sector is likely to see ramping up of legislation, Rooney said. Sprinting in step, businesses are beginning to notice how climate inaction will impact the bottom line, and ...

Subsidiaries must comply with Aussie regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... subsidiary for reporting under the ASRS because of local differences that, as an example, require the use of NGER Scheme legislation to measure greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions." Reporting obligations under the Corporations Act apply to individual ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Canberra warns if businesses don't step up it will revise legislation surrounding product stewardship and the circular economy to boost investor confidence. But environment minister Tanya Plibersek concedes that sometimes threats are as effective as ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... process of rebuilding. "Rebuilding a nation necessarily involves economic reconstruction." "We can't just rely on legislation when we're talking about the nation's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage. It's up to business ...