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No pause button on greenwashing action: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... week outlined a plan for the corporate, market and financial services regulator to proactively supervise and enforce governance, transparency and disclosure standards in relation to sustainable finance-related products and services. This follows the ...

UN Global Compact Network Australia hires executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... across "sustainability, the circular economy, business strategy ad partnerships and a keen interest in contemporary governance." UNGCNA chair Fiona Reynolds noted that there were "nearly 300" applicants for the open executive director role, demonstrating ...

Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... development phase of an Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, in partnership with the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI). ASFI is the organising body working with industry to develop a sustainable finance taxonomy. ASFI recently released ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... University of Portsmouth, Brunel University and Loughborough University in the UK looked at "environmental, social and governance (ESG) decoupling" data across 14 years and found that boardrooms with more equal gender representation were less prone to ...

Australian sustainable finance taxonomy to feature traffic-light system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the need of the Australian economic context. The report outlines the next step in development, including a three-tier governance approach, including the establishment of a Taxonomy Board that includes government, peak representation across the financial ...

More greenwashing investigations ahead: ASIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... misleading the market" on greenwashing, Longo said at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Australian Governance Summit. On Tuesday, ASIC announced court proceedings against Mercer Superannuation (Australia), the trustee of the Mercer ...

Platinum hires ESG expert as head of stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... Directors (AICD), Bailey said. Bailey highlighted disclosure around board skills as a concern. "Under the ASX Corporate Governance Principles, boards are asked to use a board skills matrix, but it is up to the company which skills they choose to describe ...

Chubb Review recommends reforms to ACCU governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... (ACCU) scheme has found the integrity of key methodologies is generally "sound," while recommending improvements to governance and transparency. The results of the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), led by Professor Ian Chubb ...

ASFI outlines roadmap for sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian regulators could use to regulate greenwashing. The paper suggests public consultation and the development of a governance structure for the development of the taxonomy to be finalised by mid-2023.The development of the technical screening ...

Climate skills demand outstrips supply in finance: UTS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... financial industry, with demand for people with climate skills outstripping supply, according to research from the UTS Institute For Sustainable Futures. UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures recently conducted a survey and research report in partnership ...