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Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Investors have told us that the Queensland Sustainability Report is a valuable information tool that provides further transparency on ESG policies and metrics." The issuance had the largest orderbook for QTC in green format with a final orderbook in ...

Guide to identify and manage modern slavery for NSW entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... resources," Cockayne said. "The guidance also sets out a clear Implementation Timeline, stretching to FY 2026, to provide transparency about expectations for implementation by covered entities. Over those three years, I and my office will stand ready ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... which we invest," the firm said in a statement. This includes a focus on governance, diversity equity and inclusion, transparency and reporting, and internal training on sustainability. FS Sustainability reached out to the firm to ask about use of the ...

Treasury publishes climate disclosure legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... reporting, with Scope 3 reporting required from the second year of reporting. "This is an important step for improving transparency and will help investors and companies make more informed investment decisions and lay the foundation for a stronger, more ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... other asset classes, it hasn't always been clear," Paterson said. With increasing pressure from reporting and transparency regulators, it is important that investors begin the journey rather than wait for the perfect solution to come along. Transparency ...

Carbon markets heat up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... sum. The UK-based company provides independent environmental markets registration and certification - an important transparency mechanism for both companies and consumers. The platform has seen a surge in demand with nearly 300 million certificates issued ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... a shift toward a unified set of ESG metrics. Industry leaders are under pressure to streamline reporting, enhance transparency, and mitigate the risk of greenwashing litigations. New ESG regulations will necessitate ESG integration across all business ...

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... accuracy of emissions estimates and broader coverage of the scheme. The CCA made 25 recommendations to improve data transparency and coverage, methane emissions measurement, reporting and verification, and administration and compliance. This includes ...

ACCC issues greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... governance issue, rather than a marketing or communications issue, because it relates to board expertise, reporting, transparency, stratregy, audit, reputation, accountability, risk and ethics. The guide also points out that the risks of greenwashing ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon market architecture for global cooperation in climate investments was "unfortunate", however noted advances in transparency, integrity and governance of private sector decarbonisation and crediting. "This historic COP and its first stocktake under ...