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New Zealand XRB releases final climate reporting paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... consultation paper on the mandatory Climate-related Disclosure standards that will come into force next year. The New Zealand government last year passed legislation that made climate-related disclosures mandatory for around 200 of the country's largest ...

Directors engage on breadth of ESG issues facing companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... there's more that needs to be done at all levels, but I would love to see that piece of legislation - for which the new government has a mandate - pass." O'Sullivan pointed to climate policy uncertainty as an example of an area that business has had ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... to continue work on issues left unresolved from COP26 in Glasgow. As part of that conference, Australia's new Labor government officially submitted its enhanced nationally determined contribution (NDC), which commits Australia to cut carbon emissions ...

Westpac sets 2030 net zero commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... accordance with the International Energy Agency's Net Zero by 2050 scenario or where the Australian or New Zealand Government or regulator determines that supply from the asset is necessary for national energy security." Existing oil and gas lending ...

Consultation on faith-based products opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Stephen Jones said that if elected, a Labor government would review the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test because of "unintended and negative consequences" on ESG integration ...

Resource efficiency a marker for investment performance: Osmosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Osmosis Investment Management to launch an environmentally sustainable equity strategy. CSC, the $50 billion fund for government employees, will partner with Osmosis to launch a Resource Efficient Core Equity Portfolio (ex-Australia). The portfolio will ...

EY partners to deliver Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... continue to be classified as sustainable" Graham said. "It has become clear from discussion with members, regulators, government, and the finance sector more broadly, that there is strong demand for ASFI to drive an industry-led process to develop a ...

Australian miners top list as critical minerals demand grows: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... maintaining a robust social license to operate is essential. The report highlighted the January 2022 decision by the Serbian government to revoke Rio Tinto's operating permits for the group's US$2.4bn Jadar lithium project in response to environmental ...

Pause to YFYS rollout as government announces review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... review will commence after the second round of MySuper performance tests have taken place by August this year. The government will also release exposure draft legislation for consultation to implement its election commitment to adjust the performance ...

Using blockchain for real-time ESG data: TYMLEZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... gives UON a metric on carbon emissions produced per litre of water pumped." The second pilot is with the Queensland Government to deploy a smart energy monitoring solution to capture an energy footprint across multiple sites in the Gold Coast Health ...