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Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Albanese government has received the final reports of two reviews into the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Scheme and the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011. The Climate Change Authority (CCA) is required to review ...

QIC secures US$300m SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Queensland Government-owned fund manager has converted a finance facility into a US$300 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL). Lenders are Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, ING Group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking ...

L'Oréal Groupe invests in First Nations-led biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The world's largest cosmetics company will commit $600,000 to a WA-based native title corporation to support self-determination through biodiversity restoration in degraded croplands. The Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation' (ETNTAC) ...

COP28: "Weak" Global Stocktake slammed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The much-anticipated fourth draft of the Global Stocktake (GST) text, updated on Monday, does not give a clear pathway or strong ambition on fossil fuel phaseout and energy sector decarbonisation. The GST is the first five-yearly checkpoint on the efforts ...

GRI and EFRAG partner on Interoperability Index

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The GRI-ESRS Interoperability Index aims to offer guidance on technical implementation of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and reduce the reporting burden on companies. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the European Financial ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Global public and private funding directly damages nature reached US$7 trillion per year, while funding with a positive impact reached $200 billion last year - a 30-fold gap. New research from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) compared ...

Boards not ready for new workplace laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
New research finds that most directors are concerned their boards may not be fully prepared to meet new workplace sexual harassment laws when they come into force this week. From 12 December, the Australian Human Rights Commission will enforce the Positive ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian government has announced it will rejoin the global Green Climate Fund with an initial contribution of $50 million, and allocate $100 million to the Pacific Resilience Facility, to help developing countries transition their economies to ...

Here's what happened at COP28 so far

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels Australia has joined 40 other countries to end international public investment in fossil fuels, as the first week of COP28 saw new agreements regarding financing net zero ...

Progress on Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) has published two methodology papers towards the development of Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy. To achieve Australia's goals for renewables deployment, there is a growing pipeline of public ...