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APRA acts on climate risk watch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's financial system remains stable. Lonsdale also announced new initiatives to combat cyber-attacks and safeguard data security. The annual performance test results, assessing the performance of superannuation investment options against ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) today released its first consultation on sustainable finance taxonomy, a set of definitions that make it easier for financiers to fund sustainable assets and activities. ASFI is consulting on the draft ...

Unclear rules pose investment risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... proposals. The judges noted the "ill-suitedness" of current environmental laws. Coal and gas projects fall under the 'safeguard mechanism' laws, which cap emissions and force heavy-emitters to rely on the purchase of offsets. Environmental Justice ...

ASIC consults on guidance for carbon markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) proposed an overhaul of its regulatory guide to address the safeguard mechanism reforms. The proposed updates, which address reforms to the financial services and markets section of the Corporations ...

Podcast: Advancing First Nations outcomes with Phil Usher

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... First Nations Peoples. The foundation is also equipping professionals with the cultural tools they need to ensure they safeguard respect and effective engagement through this process.

Three innovations to fix carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Companies are shifting from a focus on carbon neutrality to net zero alignment, beyond company value chains. Driven by the Safeguard Mechanism, ACCU demand will peak at 31 million units in 2033, says CMI, the member-based group targeting best practice ...

Podcast: Boeing, Qantas and corporate governance in aviation with Megan Motto

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... flights that didn't exist. On the show, Motto discusses how communication, transparency, and accountability, can safeguard trust, confidence, and company success.

Flawed carbon credits add to business risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... increase emissions, potentially costing billions of dollars for businesses that must rely on offsets to comply with Safeguard Mechanism. Carbon credits are widely used policy tool to offset the carbon produced by heavy emitters, bring down mitigation ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Major ESG indices have responded to allegations they listed companies with links to the Myanmar military junta. The indices, MSCI, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones, were used by BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Northern Trust, State Street and Vanguard to model ...

Carbon trading roundup: Verra, REDD+, BetaCarbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... to grow from 16 million-17 million ACCUs in 2023 to 30 million ACCUs by 2033. This will be driven by demand from the Safeguard Mechanism, which progressively ratchets up decarbonisation ambition in heavy industry. According to EY, Safeguard Mechanism ...