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World first $1.6bn Climate Bonds green loan: QIC and Vector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Syndications and Trading Association. Climate Bonds' Approved Verifier, DNV Australia, issued the verification report and assurance opinion for the loan. Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) confirmed this was the first certification under the newly launched ...

Treasury seeks feedback on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... new consultation paper said an overarching sustainability reporting standard to address both limited and reasonable assurance is under development by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). It is targeted for final approval ...

Australia not ready for sustainability benchmarks, consultants warn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... February to empower the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) to develop sustainability standards, the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board's to develop and maintain relevant auditing and assurance standards, and the Financial Reporting Council ...

Aussie AI platform aids HK firms in Scope 3 emissions compliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Disclosures (TCFD), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) - as well as pre-assurance, ratings upgrade and sustainability training. The partnership will "offer a comprehensive solution for companies navigating ...

ASIC chair calls out greenhushing as form of greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
Greenhushing - in which companies stop all voluntary disclosure of ESG information - is just another form of greenwashing, according to ASIC chair Joe Longo. In a public speech today, Longo provided additional context to the market regulator's focus ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Metallurgy, the Responsible Mining Expert Working Group on Mining and Circularity, the IRMA Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance, and WasteFuel. "No company alone can make a circular economy but they can have the highest degree of maturity towards ...

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... party opinion that comes into play, which is a in the ICMA green bond principles," Goodhand said. "Also then having assurance pre and post, and within that framework, you have things in particular like the selection of your projects, how they're ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... an international non-profit on a mission to end overfishing that set voluntary standards for sustainable fishing and assurance within the seafood supply chain. While the non-profit focuses on environmental, science-based criteria, it also condemns forced ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... existing standards with the aim to be science-based yet accessible and practical for annual reporting and on a limited assurance basis. The framework includes three tiers of leading indicators: Core Global Disclosure Metrics - relevant broadly to the ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Leading Harvest is implementing a sustainability assurance program for the Australian agriculture sector after a successful pilot backed by Warakirri Asset Management among others. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management ...