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Top 10 most-read articles of 2023

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... recruitment specialist Talent Nation. #4: APRA strengthens super fund ESG responsibilities July: The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) clarified that they expect super funds to demonstrate an understanding of ESG risks and opportunities ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... become effective from January 1, 2024, and IFRS S1 and S2 will also be effective for annual reporting. The EU Taxonomy regulation comes into force, requiring large financial institutions to disclose taxonomy-eligible and aligned activities related to ...

How much does it cost to "green" a portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Europe portfolio. The two different versions of the index that are compliant with the European Union Climate Benchmarks regulation are the STOXX® Europe 600 Paris-Aligned Benchmark (PAB) and the STOXX® Europe 600 Climate Transition Benchmark (CTB). ...

Research flags need for comprehensive ESG reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... the proposed adoption of the international standards as a baseline to improve sustainability reporting quality and regulation into the future."

Super investment key to decarbonising Australia: ASFA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... frameworks to improve the scope and quality of disclosed data by entities Reduce barriers (particularly related to regulation and planning) to the required allocation of financial capital, including for new renewable energy infrastructure. Provide targeted ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... actions were also launched, to motivate further government action in hard-to-abate sectors, supporting a pathway towards regulation.

Gender pay gap a key diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... reporting as their first Principal Adverse Impacts (PAI) disclosure report under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Under SFDR, financial market participants such as asset managers need to disclose PAIs that their investment decisions ...

Sustainable AUM tops US$30 trn despite tighter labels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investing and its related approaches. Further developments are expected as the EU's Sustainable Financial Disclosures Regulation (SFDR) and other global disclosure and labelling approaches evolve, and as data availability and quality increases. The Global ...

Surge in executive support for sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... are now concerned about increasing future revenue (up from 52% in 2022), and 64% cite compliance with evolving ESG regulation (up from 51% in 2022). 63% of executives now see a business case for sustainability, compared to 21% in 2022. The percentage ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... "It is yet to be determined how the market would seek to use it and whether it's a voluntary disclosure framework or regulation or legislation. We would expect as an investor to have a level of interrelationship with the taxonomy to try and progress ...