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Government's Climate Active certification challenged over possible greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... not be allowed to grow their emissions while lauding carbon neutral claims but they are and what is worse the federal government is certifying it. "The country is suffering from state-sponsored greenwashing and it is undermining Australia's emission ...

Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government will seek to introduce mandatory climate risk reporting standards as a first step towards a more ambitious sustainable finance strategy next year. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a consultation paper on climate risk reporting ...

Trust in ethics plummets: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... again," she said. There are high ethical expectations for action on climate change, with the index showing the federal government and multinational corporations have the highest urgent ethical obligations to act ('urgent' score of 70), whereas ...

Experts weigh net zero risks, opportunities of Origin Energy bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... MidOcean/EIG in late 2021, but Noble noted that the policy settings in Australia had changed with the change in federal government. "National interest changes over time," he said. "We've seen this in the conversation over the Darwin Port sale. At one ...

CEFC allocated additional $8.6 billion in budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government has injected an additional $8.6 billion into the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) as part of the federal budget. The new funding will be the first new allocation to the CEFC since its inception 10 years ago, and comes as ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government announced a suite of measures across climate, gender and housing issues while announcing that they will develop a framework to integrate measures of wellbeing into future economic policy settings. The so-called mini-budget announced ...

Investors call for 75% emissions reduction by 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... recommendations including a 75% reduction target by 2035. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has called on the federal government to implement policies over the next three years that will support investment in the transition to net zero, including ...

RBA governor urges implementation of ISSB standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Australia needs to take a cohesive approach to sustainability at a business, policy and community level, led by the federal government. "Historically, there's been a spaghetti bowl of global sustainability initiatives, frameworks and institutions," ...

Government launches review of Safeguard Mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government has launched a review of the Safeguard Mechanism as part of its overall policy to reduce Australia's carbon emissions by 43% by 2030. The government is seeking consultation on the proposed review and reform of the Safeguard Mechanism ...

Fixing Australia's complicated carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Herd said. The CCA's Review of International Offsets was written in response to a request from the former federal government with the aim of providing advice on the criteria that should be applied to international offsets under the government's ...