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Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... efforts are made to eliminate attempts of wrongdoing," Motto said. It appears that ASIC and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) would be only parties able to bring an action under certain provisions of the Corporations Act, Brynn ...

Brookfield ups the ante on Origin by $1.2bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Brookfield and its institutional partners, and this will bring material public benefits to Australia." The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) greenlit the proposed transaction in October and partially based its authorisation on the ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Despite being voted down by the Australian public, the First Nations Voice to Parliament saw support from the private sector which viewed the federal advisory body as the next step for reconciliation. As the dust settles, experts say finance has an ...

Bowen paints mixed outlook for energy future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Minister of Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen delivered a pessimistic outlook on containing global warming at 1.5C as Australia heads into a "long hot summer". However, Bowen maintains optimism on the state of Australia's renewable rollout amid ...

UK transition plan taskforce releases final disclosure framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), asset manager Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), UK-based bank NatWest, and consumer goods company Unilever, were among the large companies and financial institutions that had a hand in creating the TPT. ...

ACCC approves Origin Energy bid on renewable grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has greenlit Brookfield and MidOcean's proposed acquisition of Origin Energy. The ACCC partially based its authorisation on the public benefit of the proposed accelerated roll-out of renewable ...

Act now on carbon emissions to avoid higher costs later: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... regulatory change, how is it changing as the emissions constraints tighten, how is it changing as market dynamics and consumer preferences tighten and how are they changing as physical impacts of climate change become more apparent," Herd said. "Embed ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Insurance leaders have reframed the challenge of climate risk as an opportunity, stating that physical risk from climate change is not the biggest challenge to insurance. Finity Consulting principal Rade Musulin and Swiss Reinsurance head of property ...

UNSW launches Institute for Climate Risk and Response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... in response to climate risks; informing how government and business should plan for and manage economic activity and consumer behaviour. It will focus on identifying and understanding the legal risks related to class action and climate litigation. In ...

Higher ESG means stronger ROI: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... MSCI. ESG leaders outperformed laggards across all major geographic regions and for most industries studied, except for Consumer Staples and Health Care. This contradicts the claim by some market analysts that the outperformance of ESG investments is ...