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Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures disbanded

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has now officially fulfilled its remit and disbanded. As of November 2023, the TCFD website will no longer be updated or monitored but will remain available with resources for materials ...

Northern Trust pulled up for greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Transition Index Fund is a passive fund that seeks to track the risk and return characteristics of the MSCI World Custom ESG Climate Series A Index. "Three holdings were erroneously included within the MSCI Index and therefore within the Fund and once ...

Podcast: New year, new portfolio - ethical investing with Louise Edkins

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... evaluate whether a company or investment product aligns with ethical criteria in the current global economic and geopolitical climate.

Two Aussie states ramp up climate ambitions to attract investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Department of Environment and Science. Queensland premier Steven Miles announced the plan, which builds on the Queensland Climate Action Plan and the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan. This comes as devastating floods hit Far North Queensland. Queensland ...

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... 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 the CFI Act every three years and the NGER Scheme every five years. The Department ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... articles brought to you by Energetics In 2024, Australian business will need to focus on the strength of their response to climate change, with government aiming to legislate mandatory climate disclosures for Australian companies based on the International ...

The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... as competing business priorities as the two main challenges in the sector. ESG professionals' main priorities ahead are climate change and developing a net zero pathway, followed by reporting and disclosures. "Despite the current economic concerns, demand ...

ACCC issues greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... and companies are experiencing increased investor scrutiny and even shareholder activism around their environmental and climate-related claims." Governance Institute identified examples of greenhushing including: selective disclosure, meaningless targets ...

ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... working towards alignment with the guidance of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework. Climate-related risks: New expectations and guidance are provided on how companies consider climate-related risks, including the development ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
After 36 hours of tense negotiations, the climate agreement for the first time calls on nations to "transition away" from fossil fuels - but does not explicitly call for a fossil fuel "phase out." The first UN Global Stocktake on climate has resulted ...