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Climate change a risk to financial stability: RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... has conducted a climate vulnerability assessment into the possible impactse of psyical and transition risk on major Australian banks and said the preliminary analysis showed that banks would experience losses, but "nott of a magnitude that would cause ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Approximately $260 billion of all outstanding Australian bank loans, or 22% of bank lending, are highly exposed to nature-related risk. Ernst & Young Australia and the Australian Conservation Foundation released a report finding that banks that are ...

Treasury issues statement on systemic climate risk to government bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... climate change risk was not disclosed properly when she invested approximately $1000 in Exchange-traded Australian Government Bonds. This systemic risk includes the physical and transition risk of climate change and its impact on the value of government ...

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Agency's World Energy Outlook 2023 finds that renewables are currently nearing half of the global energy mix. One in three Australian homes now have solar panels - and this is predicted to double over the next ten years. The report found fossil fuel ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... statutory board AgriFutures Australia and sustainability consultancy Lifecycles. The project, which will broaden the Australian Life Cycle Inventory (AusLCI) database, forms part of the federal government's Sustainability Reporting Uplift Grant Round ...

AASB publishes climate-related disclosure standards draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) will first focus on climate-related financial reporting, under an exposure draft released by the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB). AASB has opened up a 120-day comment period on ASRS 1 ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... enhanced calls publicly for companies to get involved in advocacy activities such as contributing to the Australian government's sectoral decarbonisation pathway frameworks, or seeking policy that reduces risk to unlock greater development of Australia's ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... operations than other developed countries, according to the NSW independent anti-slavery commissioner. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) Phil Spathis Governance Address, James Cockayne shared with audience members ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... are keen for more coordination, planning and certainty through this significant economic transition. The Australian government has gone some way to providing this through its climate policies, and will hopefully go further with a more integrated approach ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Critical minerals are a "once in a century opportunity" for Australian investors, and investors like super funds should be prepared to advocate for the policy settings to unlock greater investment in these commodities. Australia's critical minerals ...