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Growth in green bond issuance brings choice, challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... are not there yet in the transition, and have perhaps a fairly high carbon footprint and high carbon intensity of the business, but they have outlined a plan over a number of years a transition to net zero and that particular green bond may finance a ...

Australia climbs quickly on climate policy development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Australia ranked as the sixth country in terms of climate policy developments in 2023, but experts are concerned that the country is "playing catch up". At the top of the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR)'s list was the US with 38 policy developments ...

Closing Loopholes legislation

ALICIA MATAERE  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... amendments (from a total of over 80 proposed changes), which will likely have the greatest impact. The key changes are: Small business redundancy exemption Wages for labour hire employees Introduction of new Industrial Manslaughter provisions for Commonwealth ...

BlueScope receives funding for lower emissions project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
BlueScope Steel and LIBERTY Steel Australia have received a combined total of $200 million in grant funding from the federal government for projects that will lower emissions in steel production. The funding is drawn from the government's Powering the ...

Origin CFO retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... bid. AustralianSuper said Frontier Economics "are also of the opinion that the assumptions used in the IER to derive a business valuation are unrealistically low."

Nature-related disclosures underway

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... number of countries, this is a clear signal that investors, lenders, insurers and companies are recognising that their business models and portfolios are highly dependent on both nature and climate and need to be treated as both strategic risks and investment ...

Accountant ethics board drafts new sustainability benchmarks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
An international independent global standards-setting board has released new standards on ethical considerations in sustainability reporting and assurance. Public consultation has opened on the two new exposure drafts, put forward by International Ethics ...

Social and governance factors top "new risk reality"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... strategies, while larger companies home in on social factors such as diversity and inclusion as market differentiators, a business assurance consultancy has found. ESG management systems are increasingly seen as vital to build trust with stakeholders ...

Greg Combet to depart Net Zero Economy Agency for Future Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... spokesman confirmed. Last year, Combet said at the Carbon Market Institution Australasian Emissions Reduction Summit that business and investors acceptance of the need to decarbonise Australia's economy is "irreversible." "It's seemingly overwhelming ...

China relaunches offsets market, releases biodiversity framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
China's Certified Emission Reductions (CCER) scheme has restarted after a six-year pause, as the country releases its National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Suspended in 2017 due to low trading volume and lack of standardisation in carbon audits ...