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Accountant ethics board drafts new sustainability benchmarks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
An international independent global standards-setting board has released new standards on ethical considerations in sustainability reporting and assurance. Public consultation has opened on the two new exposure drafts, put forward by International Ethics ...

Greg Combet to depart Net Zero Economy Agency for Future Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Net Zero Economy Agency (NZEA) chair Greg Combet is set to replace Peter Costello as chair of the Future Fund, commencing mid-year. At a press conference in Canberra, treasurer Jim Chalmers said the appointment of Combet, who only recently relinquished ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Energy Chris Bowen stated "The Global Stocktake will show that we are not on track to keep 1.5 degrees alive." He told The Age that the text does not deliver on the call for phase-out of unabated fossil fuels in a just and orderly manner. Environmentalists ...

COP28: Climate finance, carbon markets take centre stage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
At COP28 leaders are highlighting the need to make climate finance more accessible and affordable. Water featured for only the second time at a COP, and several emerging economies launched carbon market initiatives. Adaptation and inclusion COP28 saw ...

New code of practice guidance for voluntary carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) has released guidance to help direct finance to climate mitigation initiatives and commitment beyond science-aligned emissions cuts. The new guidance for the Claims Code of Practice aims to accelerate ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
The shape and scope of a global fund on loss and damage, the integration of climate into biodiversity, and how human rights and the just transition figure into government, business and investor commitments are all topics of interest at the forthcoming ...

FS Sustainability launches ESG Power50 nominations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
FS Sustainability 's ESG Power50 nominations are open for nominations to find the most influential ESG professionals working at ASX-listed companies. Building on the success of the 2023 ESG Power50 list, readers of FS Sustainability along with FS ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Approximately $260 billion of all outstanding Australian bank loans, or 22% of bank lending, are highly exposed to nature-related risk. Ernst & Young Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation released a report finding that banks that are ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) will first focus on climate-related financial reporting, under an exposure draft released by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB). AASB has opened up a 120-day comment period on ASRS 1 ...

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 ...