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Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... allocations include: $1bn to Solar SunShot, $466m to PsiQuantum, $500m to the Battery Breakthrough Initiative, $3.2bn to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, A $6.7bn Hydrogen Production Tax Incentive, and $1.3bn for Hydrogen Headstart. The Future ...

Budget 2024: Regulators given boost to combat misconduct, cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... scams and online fraud by administering and enforcing a mandatory industry code that is to be introduced. Finally, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will receive $187 million over four years to strengthen its ability to detect, prevent, and mitigate ...

Subsidiaries must comply with Aussie regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Inbound Australian subsidiaries of international groups must comply with the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS), even if they already make disclosures under foreign regimes, EY finds. Alexandra Banks, partner at EY, climate change ...

ESG managed accounts hit $16 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Watershed Funds Management also launched four new managed accounts portfolios with exposure to international shares, Australian shares, emerging markets and income-focused allocations. "It's been a busy start to the year," Leman said, "and with a ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... sometimes threats are as effective as action. The comments were made at the Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence's Australian Product Stewardship Forum, where panelists discussed waste and responsibility across the product lifecycle. The Recycling ...

ASIC consults on guidance for carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The corporate regulator will update guidance for carbon market participants in relation to the Australian financial services (AFS) licensing requirements. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposed an overhaul of its regulatory ...

Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Indigenous communities' needs must be prioritised in investment decisions, and trust must be built through representation. Colonisation has had a profound impact on Indigenous peoples' identity and knowledge, panellists at the Responsible Investment ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... society partnerships. Speaking on her NGO experience was Jolene Elberth, corporate campaigns program manager at the Australian Conservation Foundation; Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia & New Zealand research at ISS STOXX; and Amy D'Eugenio, sustainability ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 2024 held in Sydney this week. The big problem is there is a fundamental lack of data on disability inclusion in the Australian workforce. This lack of data makes it difficult for financiers to allocate capital correctly. "There is a historical... cultural ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... profitability. Responsible investors must ensure their products are true-to-label in order to avoid greenwashing, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair said. Businesses with transparent and clear sustainability goals backed ...