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Kyoto credits cancellation brings tough implications for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... made the announcement at the Emissions Reduction Summit in Sydney on Friday, stating: "They were never more than an accounting trick to try and make it look like we're on track to make commitments and targets." Under the 1997 Kyoto protocol, developed ...

Go digital for ESG, financial reporting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... financial information for digital reporting is the lion's share of the cost, consisting of software licensing, training accounting staff and XBRL tagging of information. However, on the flip side, post-transition to a digital reporting format, labour ...

UNSW launches Institute for Climate Risk and Response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... communicating risk-related information to consumers. It will also establish educational programs in collaboration with accounting and other professional bodies to upskill and prepare industry. UNSW ICRR director professor Ben Newell commented: "UNSW ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... European Sustainability Reporting Standards. TNFD co-chair David Craig commented that businesses are "inadequately accounting for nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. Nature-risk is sitting in company cash flows and capital ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... series of processes that are underway to set the rules for what are biodiversity metrics, what sort of natural capital accounting we should do, as well as carbon accounting," said ISFC convening chair and chair of New Forests David Brand. "We're ...

RBA sets 2030 net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... inflation. "This is because energy prices have a sizeable direct impact on inflation, with retail electricity and gas prices accounting for around 3 per cent of the CPI basket" she said. "There are also indirect effects, as businesses can be expected ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Company co-founding the investor and private equity practice and was a member of the G7 Impact Taskforce on Impact Accounting. Kehoe will succeed Martin Skancke who has served since 2014 and also worked at McKinsey & Company. Skancke is a member of the ...

Suppliers on notice: Amazon to enforce emissions reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... which the company attributed to business growth, a change in logistics and a shift towards science-based corporate accounting of emissions. The company claims to be the world's largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy for the third consecutive ...

Seismic shift expected in global energy mix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... policy initiatives will see the US, China and India double their renewable capacity expansion over the next five years, accounting for two-thirds of global renewables growth. Responding to government incentives, renewable energy firms like SSE in the ...

CPA's putting the 'S' in ESG: How does Canada compare?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG. Their role in ESG reporting raises questions about the challenges and opportunities the model presents for the accounting profession. CPAs can help companies demonstrate their social value and navigate the evolving landscape of ESG reporting. However ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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