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Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... change as productivity and business investment issues is quite interesting," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of the Business Council on Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA). "It's the first budget I've seen where a government realises that you have to ...

RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... "[B]usinesses are increasingly exposed to liability risk if they do not sufficiently respond to climate change, exposing the business, directors or trustees to litigation," Kearns said. "This risk exists not only when they choose not to take appropriate ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... big polluters to reduce emissions." However, the Labor government's agenda doesn't stop with the E in ESG. the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) has mapped Labor's policy announcements and legislation since taking government ...

ESG product definitions a matter for legislation: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... be taking quite a proactive and probative approach to thinking about climate change risk and what it means for their business, and then seeing that flow through their governance, and strategy and risk management processes, and secondly to continue foster ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... became clear coming out of Bonn," said Lewis Hill, manager, policy, advocacy and member mobilization at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). "The first is that the Egyptian presidency's focus will be on implementation. They ...

South32 negotiates US$1.4 billion sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... forms an integral part of our strategy. We are taking meaningful action to benefit our stakeholders, our planet and our business," said South32 chief financial officer Katie Tovich. "Our new revolving credit facility provides South32 with continued access ...

Sustainability moving from "why" to "how": Banksia Foundation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... is a key strategy that businesses are seeking to adopt, said Andrew Petersen, chief executive officer of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA). "There is a massive momentum around energy systems, natural systems, food systems ...

APAC data centre operator inks $2.1bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... as a whole compared with the energy used by IT equipment alone. "Sustainability has been at the core of AirTrunk's business purpose from day one as we pioneered hyperscale data centres in the region with industry-leading scale and energy efficiency," ...

Wesfarmers taps former Coca-Cola Amatil exec for board role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... became a partner in 1996. Watkins is also a member of the Reserve Bank of Australia Board, a board member of the Business Council of Australia, a non-executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies and has been announced as chancellor-elect ...

Charter Hall hires group head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... closely with the executive committee to integrate the group's environmental, social and governance outcomes across the business. Cole will report to chief experience officer Natalie Devlin. Cole has more than 20 years' experience in sustainability real ...