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World Bank exit policy gets thumbs up from local experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... clients pre-pay loans or pull out early. The policy has wide-reaching impact through the bank's influence on market standards for responsible finance practice, commented Alison George, Australian Ethical head of impact and ethics. "In a world facing ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... National Victims Compensation Scheme to aide victim-survivors of slavery, and is asking the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) to include social reporting frameworks in its climate standards, noting the link between the net zero transition ...

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... nature-related sustainability reporting, countries are expected to incorporate the TNFD framework or similar nature-disclosure standards into reporting requirements. Nature represents a systemic risk, with an estimated 30-40% of Australia's economy ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... opinion becomes easily manipulated." The word is 'squishy' Moving straight from politics to climate reporting standards, April Mackenzie, chief executive at External Reporting Board in New Zealand, stole the show with her quips and quotes, thanks ...

Boards vulnerable to next wave of climate litigation: IGCC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... the ASIC Act. The panel expects the screws to be tightened in the next few years. "There are currently many voluntary standards of climate reporting, and we're heading towards mandatory climate reporting, so people have to make statements about how ...

Raising the bar on gold integrity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... enhance transparency, efficiency, and trust within the industry. Two new projects - the industry-wide Consolidated Mining Standards Initiative and the Gold Bar Integrity database - hope to solve some of the most pervasive issues in gold mining, which ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... the Australian public as a fait accompli." "My first point of critique of AUKUS is that its genesis did not meet the standards that we, the Australian public, have every right to expect in a healthy liberal democracy," he told a recent UTS panel discussion ...

Aussie asset managers rise to RI challenge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Magellan and Mint Asset Management have topped the list of responsible investors, thanks to their commitment to higher RI standards. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) crowned 78 members as leaders and a further 36 as runners-up. ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... important to our members and employers should be aware as they prepare offers that these clauses will become industry standards."

ASIC clarifies licensing rules for carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... and clarifications. However, he noted: "While this additional guidance will play an important role in supporting high standards of practice in Australia's carbon market, it remains the responsibility of market participants to pursue high integrity approaches ...