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Fund managers "eagerly" await green Treasury bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... for the initial public offering of the first June 2034 green Treasury bond. The green bonds are set to be issued between April and June 2024 by the Australian Office of Financial Management (AOFM) on behalf of the Australian government. The bond will ...

Canberra targets natural disaster insurance gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... policies, which may also assist with providing greater clarity for customers," Hall added. The consultation is open to 4 April 2024.

Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... that allows collaborative CCS hubs and shared infrastructure for CCS technology deployment. The consultation will run until April 15, 2024. Human Rights Watch reports carbon credit scheme Cambodia's largest carbon offsetting project has been accused ...

PRI appoints RI ecosystem officers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... experience in business development and relationship management within asset management and financial services firms. In April 2022, this role extended to cover the Continental Europe team, whereby Easton consolidated the teams to become the director ...

Accountant ethics board drafts new sustainability benchmarks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... assurance practitioners and professional accountants involved in sustainability reporting. Comments on this draft close on April 30. The draft on Using the Work of an External Expert outlines an ethical framework to help professional accountants and ...

Australian gender pay gap data to be revealed from February

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Agency (WGEA) will publish the first set of private sector employer gender pay gaps on 27 February 2024. This will cover 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023 reporting. While many companies have been reporting this data for some years now, this is the first ...

Top 10 most-read articles of 2023

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... material risks of climate change and biodiversity loss. #2: Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development April: Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced the government would co-fund the initial development phase of an Australian Sustainable Finance ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... 30 June 2027. Key dates Beyond legislative changes, notable dates include the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in April, the UN SDG Summit in September, the UN Biodiversity Conference COP 16 in October, and the UN Climate Change Conference COP ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... globally. The US Department of State, the Bezos Earth Fund, and The Rockefeller Foundation will launch the mechanism in April 2024 as an operational framework. Chile, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, and Nigeria, expressed interest in participating ...

Loss and damage funds a key consideration for COP28

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... focal point of discussion throughout the negotiations, building on a dedicated multilateral informal consultation held in April this year. That consultation emphasised the importance of respecting human rights during the transition. This includes the ...