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Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Australian companies support stronger regulation around modern slavery, including the establishment of a national anti-slavery commissioner and the introduction of financial penalties for inadequate disclosures. A coalition of human rights organisations ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
What do sail-boat cargo ships, robots that can clean and repair boat hulls underwater, and floating photovoltaics with seaweed dangling underneath have in common? They represent just some of the many projects that could form a portfolio approach to ...

Four in five companies prefer penalties to sustainability, study finds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023  |  NEWS
New research has found that the vast majority of companies would accept regulatory penalties rather than take on sustainability initiatives. Further, the study revealed that most companies prioritise commercial objectives over sustainability, highlighting ...

Australian sustainable finance taxonomy to feature traffic-light system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's future taxonomy defining sustainable financial activity should adopt a traffic-light colour coded framework to allow financial products to be distinguished based on their alignment to sustainable activities. That is one of the recommendations ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Mrema, TNFD co-chair and deputy executive director of UNEP said she hopes that nature-related reporting will become a standard business practice over time. "I look forward to further market feedback and participation ahead of the September launch of ...

Asian companies setting net zero goals, lagging on capital alignment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... said. Verification of climate targets is also limited, the report found. "SBTi is a globally recognised verification standard, but only 8 companies are planning to get their targets verified," Dai said. There is also limited disclosure on ESG incentives ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainable bond issuance globally has surpassed US$3 trillion, yet less than 1 percent of that amount is dedicated to bonds that empower women and girls as a priority objective. With gender lens investing gaining traction as part of overall sustainable ...

Embedding mental health wellbeing into company culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... needs to be meaningful and young people can see when it's tokenistic and it's not engrained in what they do and isn't the standard." Recommendations fall into five pillars - leadership and accountability, policies and structures, culture, supporting ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... by Warakirri Asset Management among others. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management Standard, which standardises sustainability verification and reporting across the agriculture industry with the aim of "resolving inefficiencies ...

Aviva Investors creates head of climate policy role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... engaging with real economy businesses and financial institutions, as well as with global governments, regulators and standard setters," Molho said. "Such activity is critical in ensuring capital flows into the right activities in the global economy and ...