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Assessing companies ability to make the low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions, as well as companies' climate governance activities (aligned with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures' recommendations) and forward-looking commitments to carbon emission pathways (aligned to the Paris Agreement ...

PRI, CFA Institute and GSIA agree to common RI definitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... investing: investing with the intention to generate a positive, measurable social and/or environmental impact alongside a financial return. The collaboration between the three organisations was driven by calls from regulators for voluntary standard setters ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... three-year moratorium on private litigation related to Scope 3 reporting as part of its proposed mandatory climate-related financial disclosure package has raised fears that it would give companies the green light to greenwash. Under the federal government's ...

Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... in May 2022, with 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 ...

ESG factors increasingly drive financial decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
More than three-quarters of active managers have hired new ESG personnel in the last year, according to global research. Employment trends are reflecting a growing interest in sustainable investing as the global economy ramps up net zero emissions and ...

Investors press Boral for clarity on net zero ambitions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... aligned with our obligations under the Safeguard Mechanism. We committed to confirming these new targets in the current financial year." The group acknowledges that part of the strategy of publicly issuing its call is based on the fact that approximately ...

PRI to shake up reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... pgress in this arena. The pathways are intended to "clarify the different roles of responsible investors in a sustainable financial system," PRI said. "As we start to work through the broader questions of what responsible investment means, what ESG informed ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... government's Sustainability Reporting Uplift Grant Round which has secured $4 million in funding across the next two financial years. The project aims to help businesses attract investors and customers by enabling businesses to clearly communicate progress ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) will first focus on climate-related financial reporting, under an exposure draft released by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB). AASB has opened up a 120-day comment period on ASRS 1 ...

Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia to help scale up understanding and utilisation of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) disclosure framework, Yazbek-Martin said. A lot of the initial work around natural capital will be to define ...