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Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... debt instruments. The Commonwealth will continue to engage with asset owners and relevant stakeholders to keep investors informed as to policy settings and actions in relation to climate risks and opportunities. Justice Murphy made the statement : "I ...

PRI to shake up reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... system," PRI said. "As we start to work through the broader questions of what responsible investment means, what ESG informed investing means and as we start to do that at a more granular and tangible way, it helps to have several points of feedback," ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Simon Jackman. Finance sector leaders say now is the time to take initiative in embedding the ethos of free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC), centering Indigenous needs and perspectives on the co-design and co-ownership of activities that affect them ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... strategies for their regions and communities. Engagement with First Nations communities under the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is also ramping up. "We need a coordinated approach and investors need more certainty," Parker said. ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... complex and difficult to demonstrate. The largest challenge facing investors and businesses is they're not sufficiently informed about the materiality of the impacts presented by climate change throughout their value chain. Combined with high costs ...

Legal changes put sexual harassment on par with workplace safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... the complaints-based model which placed a heavy burden on victims. The new legal framework is evidence-based, trauma-informed, person-centred and framed through a gender and intersectional lens. The changes are part of the Australian government's Secure ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... corporate executives can't thinking about sustainability "in slices - you have to think about it as a system" to make informed decisions. "If you're going to develop systems for regulatory needs, that doesn't make sense," Smith said. "You ...

Bank says fossil fuel exclusions "will bite" in the future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... "There are a lot of fossil-free banks out there that don't have a way of shouting about it yet." The certification is informed by information taken both from the assessed bank and third-party verification, as well as Rainforest Action Network BankTrack ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... "It's not our responsibility to tell people how to vote, but it is our responsibility to make sure that people are informed. "The education piece is hard, and it's a big task. But most corporates have taken that challenge on to make sure they're ...

Treasury seeks feedback on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... mandatory climate-related financial disclosure framework that will be implemented starting from 2024. The new framework, informed by the previous consultation, hopes to help Australian companies and investors maximise economic opportunities in the shift ...