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Podcast: Banking on the future with Australia's green bank

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... since Anthony Albanese's Labor government came to power in May 2022, with further activities across regulators, legislation and industry outlined. As part of the strategy, the government prosed that the CEFC will the delivery of the strategy by "expanding ...

Treasury publishes climate disclosure legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... report on the financial impacts of climate change from 1 July 2026, according to mandatory climate risk reporting legislation proposed by government. Treasury released the exposure draft of legislation that would make financial disclosure of climate ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... multiple significant regulatory changes affecting financiers across the globe. In Australia, following the Respect@work legislation that came into force in December, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency will be required to publish the gender pay gap ...

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... used to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions and energy production and use. In its second review of the NGER legislation, the CCA primarily focused on NGERS, citing insufficient availability of data to assess the performance of the reformed Safeguard ...

Preparing for mandatory climate reporting: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... narrowly on climate-related disclosure in line with government efforts to make climate disclosure mandatory under new legislation. It is expected that Treasury will consult on exposure draft legislation to give effect to the climate-related financial ...

The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... manage material risk and unlock opportunities through the development of tools and initiatives in response to emerging legislation, reporting standards trends and thematics. "The expectation is that salaries for ESG professionals will continue to increase ...

Nature Market Repair Bill passes Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... struck an agreement with Greens that saw a controversial proposal to include biodiversity offsets struck from the legislation. The scheme covers all land tenure and water, eligible landholders who undertake voluntary projects that enhance or protect ...

Government introduces anti-slavery commissioner legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Canberra has introduced legislation to establish Australia's first federal anti-slavery commissioner. The Modern Slavery Amendment (Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner) Bill 2023 amends the Modern Slavery Act 2018 to "establish the core functions ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... players are calling for strengthened integrity while scaling up as quickly as possible. In its fourth review of the legislation that enables the scheme, the secretariat of the CCA is focussed on securing integrity through a focus on additionality, permanence ...

Treasury proposes merger of accounting, audit bodies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... purpose," a move that have caught some by surprise. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced that government will propose legislation to merge the three bodies that oversee financial reporting and set reporting standards - the Australian Accounting Standards ...