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NHFIC to finance Build-to-Rent-to-Buy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... maintain the program on a long-term basis. This is the first program to be announced in the ACT following the federal government's widening of the NHIF to fund social and affordable housing. The Build-to-Rent scheme is a controversial solution to the ...

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... taxonomy. "Pending the completion of work by ASFI to develop an Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, the federal government and AOFM should refer to credible, science-based criteria for UoP such as those contained in the Climate Bonds Initiative ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... its response to the Modern Slavery Act review that mandatory due diligence be introduced. The results of a federal government review into the first three years of the Modern Slavery Act is imminently expected, and many stakeholders have contributed to ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It is possible to decarbonise Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) in line with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, but it carries a price tag of nearly half a trillion dollars of investment between now and 2050. The Clean ...

Modern slavery, just transition, tax key themes: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... its ambitions," van der Werf said. He believes Australian corporates are far ahead with commitments than the federal government. "The larger that gap, the bigger the issue also for those corporates to deliver on those, because they don't find the ...

Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... 90 businesses on the impact of Australia's Modern Slavery Act and necessary reforms to the regime. The federal government has been conducting a review of the Modern Slavery Act, and it is widely supposed that the legislation will be reformed to further ...

Government's Climate Active certification challenged over possible greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... not be allowed to grow their emissions while lauding carbon neutral claims but they are and what is worse the federal government is certifying it. "The country is suffering from state-sponsored greenwashing and it is undermining Australia's emission ...

Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
The federal government will seek to introduce mandatory climate risk reporting standards as a first step towards a more ambitious sustainable finance strategy next year. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a consultation paper on climate risk reporting ...

Trust in ethics plummets: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... again," she said. There are high ethical expectations for action on climate change, with the index showing the federal government and multinational corporations have the highest urgent ethical obligations to act ('urgent' score of 70), whereas ...

Experts weigh net zero risks, opportunities of Origin Energy bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... MidOcean/EIG in late 2021, but Noble noted that the policy settings in Australia had changed with the change in federal government. "National interest changes over time," he said. "We've seen this in the conversation over the Darwin Port sale. At one ...