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No pause button on greenwashing action: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... ASIC to enable a continuation of its greenwashing work 2023-2024. Transparency through mandatory disclosure In late 2021 ISSB was established by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) under the International Financial Reporting Standards ...

Companies urged to act on greenwashing ahead of new ISSB framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Commission's (ACCC) crackdown on greenwashing and the forthcoming release of the new International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) standards that will be released in June. Nicole Mohan, national sustainability lead and principal, risk advisory ...

Hong Kong stock exchange proposes climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... framework. It also introduces new disclosures aligned with the International Sustainability Standards Board Climate Standard (ISSB), building on the principles of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. Financial ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... recommendations align with emerging global reporting requirements being developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which Parker expects Australia to introduce once finalised. "Environment Minister Plibersek sees [TNFD] as a ...

More greenwashing investigations ahead: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... noted that ASIC is working with Treasury and peers on the Council of Financial Regulators as well as contributing to the ISSB standards through their role in IOSCO. "ASIC has for many years advocated for voluntary disclosure in this area, and we now ...

ISSB standards do not introduce increased risk for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) climate and sustainability-related accounting standards will not bring increased liability risks for company directors and directors should not need a "safe harbour" provision, according to a new ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
"Future facing commodities" and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) accounting standards are the fastest rising topics of discussion in sustainability, while social issues are quickly rising to the fore with ASX-listed companies ...

ASIC warns directors over sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... any future disclosure standards in Australia such as those proposed by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)." Hughes also pointed out that as the ISSB's proposed climate change and sustainability accounting standards process unfolds ...

APRA publishes results of banking climate vulnerability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... standards on climate risk and broader sustainability. 'That's why we're very interested in the work that the ISSB is doing and we along with the other agencies on the [Council of Financial Regulators] CFR provided comment on the exposure ...

Majority of investors collaborate on engagement, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... outcomes. "As investee companies become more sophisticated in their own sustainability reporting and global standards such as ISSB emerge, driving better more consistent reporting, we expect investors' stewardship activity to move beyond engagement ...