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Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... further activities across regulators, legislation and industry outlined. "This is about improving financial market transparency and credibility," said Treasurer Jim Chalmers in a speech this morning. "Strengthening our capacity to assess climate-related ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... statement then references some of the work the government is doing to support sustainable finance, including around transparency, reporting, climate-related budget spending, sustainable finance reforms and publishing annual statements under the Climate ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... political spending against the Center for Political Accountability (CPA)'s CPA-Zicklin Index, the leading measure of transparency and accountability for corporate political expenditure and compared ASX companies' performance on the index against ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... data. This increasing dedication and awareness of data quality demonstrates the commitment of global real assets to transparency and sustainability on a broader scale," Roussotte said. Frasers Property Australia achieved a 5-Star GRESB rating for the ...

Arup becomes approved verifier for Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... green finance across Asia Pacific," Fairlie said. "Standards like the Climate Bonds Standard provide much needed transparency between parties and external stakeholders on the green credentials that assets and projects have. Arup is uniquely placed to ...

France "Say on Climate" law scrapped

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... upon greenwashing, offsets and the promise of unproven technologies to date. Regulatory requirements to enhance the transparency of such strategies introduces a range of legal and reputation risks for these more obstructionist players. "It's a level ...

Solving carbon credit concerns with blockchain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... "easier for all participants to track, manage and transact the registry of carbon credits, whilst also delivering full transparency to the end-to-end lifecycle of a voluntary carbon credit." The platform will enable project developers to enhance their ...

Rainmaker names ESG leader super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Leader it must satisfy a range of dimensions regarding its ESG credentials and demonstrate high levels of investment transparency for sustainability and associated principles as well as also upholding high levels of investment performance. Rainmaker ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia's wellbeing framework. HESTA encourages companies to align their disclosure with this framework to enhance transparency and accountability regarding the quality of jobs they offer. Biodiversity is also identified as a point of engagement. ...

US regulator adopts tighter rules for ESG fund names

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... investment options. The final rule from the SEC succeeds in combating misleading fund names and provides additional transparency for investors and important guidance for funds. The SEC's final Names Rule expands the 80% investment policy requirement ...