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Australia leads on climate risk coverage, but depth lacking: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... understanding how it's a near term and long-term risk." Jeyaretnam notes that with the International Sustainability Standards Board standards on climate risk and sustainability likely to come into Australian accounting standards, other mandatory reporting ...

Investors call for 75% emissions reduction by 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... aligned to the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). "Climate change represents one of the greatest systemic risks for Aware Super's $150 billion investment portfolio," ...

RBA governor urges implementation of ISSB standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... "is going to need to find a way" to implement the standards being developed by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) or else risk falling behind on international investor expectations, Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe ...

ESG product definitions a matter for legislation: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... good position to report against any future standards, especially given that the [International Sustainability Standards Board] ISSB and some of the foreign requirements are based on the four pillars of the TCFD framework." Image courtesy of Aditya Joshi ...

ASIC: improve greenwashing disclosure or risk penalty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) recent information sheet on greenwashing is focused on improving practices on ESG disclosure in managed funds and superannuation, with the regulator saying it would consider enforcement ...

AASB considering ISSB sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... accounting standards into Australian standards. AASB is consulting on the recently draft International Sustainability Standards Board's drafts for global sustainability and climate change accounting standards. It is also working through the feedback ...

ISSB launches draft sustainability disclosure standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022  |  NEWS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has moved one step closer to the creation of a unified set of sustainability disclosures with the release of two drafts covering general sustainability-related disclosure requirements and specific ...

Accountants to play central role in ESG developments: CPA Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... happen at the local and the global level, pointing to the forthcoming work of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which will develop the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards "The development and disclosure of forward looking ...

Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... the global accounting standards setter, the IFRS Foundation, is establishing the International Sustainability Standards Board that will bring together and set the globally consistent standards for climate and other sustainability disclosures. This global ...

Not all net zero targets created equal: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... reporting for certain companies, as well as the Methane Pledge and the announcement of International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which will develop the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards as important outcomes. Decarbonisation activities ...