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Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Treasury has acknowledged that climate is a systemic risk for the Australian economy and creates uncertainty about the fiscal impacts of climate change on government bonds. The federal court has approved a settlement between the Commonwealth and Kathleen ...

ESG factors increasingly drive financial decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... The primary factors now impacting investment decisions include ESG considerations such as materiality to reduce security risk (26%), ability to drive positive returns (19%), governance concerns (19%), climate risk (15%), and social risk (15%). 2023 saw ...

PRI to shake up reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is set to revamp its reporting mechanisms for signatories as part of new framework to help investors better define their responsible investment progression. PRI has launched the co-design process for the ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Nations groups need capital and capability development within the labour market to break down barriers to investment and de-risk. Capital needs to be harnessed towards Indigenous businesses, and they need to be thought of in commercial terms rather than ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... matters right now," she said. "Drive meaning on the ground, keep things localised and ensure that connection remains." Systems risk and financial risk According to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, "Ecosystem collapse could cost almost $3 trillion ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... wider remit for companies to take on as well. "Climate reporting is mot just reporting the emissions - the emphasis is on risk disclosure," Kendall said. "I appreciate people are going to be focusing on the emissions reporting of Scope 1 2 and 3 emissions ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... companies have long realised that accelerated widespread decarbonisation has the highest net return when it comes to climate risk and opportunities, and commitments along those lines are common," said IGCC managing director, policy Erwin Jackson. "However ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies have a higher level of forced labour risk in their operations than other developed countries, according to the NSW independent anti-slavery commissioner. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) Phil ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... that arise from transitioning communities. Institutional investors need to integrate these risks into their strategies or risk a "messy, chaotic and unfair" transition. Organisations on the ground say more work needs to be done to support workers, their ...

How to build a climate-resilient business: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... performance) and interdependencies between mitigation and adaptation need to be better understood. An integrated approach to climate risk management that would enhance the value and credibility of an organisation's climate transition plan. Q: What ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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