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The opportunity Australia must embrace: Canbury

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia report indicates that key sectors are only achieving 31% average alignment with Australian Sustainability Reporting Standard (ASRS). The research revealed that institutions across the industry are only averaging a 23% alignment on metrics and ...

Australia has 'incredible opportunity' to lead in clean energy: UN

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
The Sustainability Reporting Community of Practice (SRCoP) has launched, designed to fast-track Australian business leadership on climate and sustainability reporting. This comes as Australia positions itself to co-host the 31st UN Climate Change Conference ...

UK ditches sustainable finance taxonomy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... hub for green and transition finance activity" based on the recently published consultations on the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards (UK SRS), assurance sustainability reporting, and how best to take forward the manifesto commitment on the development ...

APESB releases ethics, independence standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... Standards Board (APESB) launched new standards that set out new ethical and independence requirements for sustainability reporting and assurance in Australia. The amending standards relate to APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (including ...

Mind the reporting gap: ASX companies urged to improve

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... companies, based on 22 out of 40 key criteria defined by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the leading sustainability reporting framework. The most commonly disclosed issues were diversity of governance bodies and employees, local community engagement ...

ESG salaries plateau as sector dynamics shift

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... has grown, with more professionals gaining relevant qualifications in the wake of things like mandatory sustainability reporting. Kaizen said many candidates it's seeing are coming from other sectors, bringing previous sustainability experience with ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority, says ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The country's financial services regulator unveils its three-pronged approach as sustainability reporting becomes a mandatory requirement for small to large Australian businesses - but it was its passing update on greenwashing as an enforcement ...

ESG credentials remain key for commercial property investors: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... regulatory requirements in Australia which are encouraging investors to prioritise ESG, with mandatory sustainability reporting having come into effect from January 1 this year," she continued. "These pressure points are all leading property investors ...

Link between remuneration and sustainability grows: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... include sustainability-related performance in remuneration link between two and four material European Sustainability Reporting Standards topical standards to remuneration targets. However, the actual level of alignment to material topics differs across ...

ASIC releases sustainability reporting guidelines

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Following comprehensive consultation, ASIC has published its regulatory guide on sustainability reporting, having taken on board industry feedback. In November 2024, ASIC released the draft regulatory guidance for consultation. It received 60 submissions ...