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Legal loophole fail: compliance won't dodge risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Australasia (RIAA) and the UN Global Compact Network Australia (UNGCNA). The initiative is supported by HESTA, Perpetual, KPMG Australia, Lendlease, and Allens. BHP provided $1.2 million to the initiative and alongside HESTA a pilot program is under ...

Major indices provide ESG clarity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... companies with links to armed conflict and humans rights abuses in their ESG indices. This comes as new research from Bloomberg, KPMG and EDHEC finds financiers are struggling to cope with new ESG requirements. To ensure robust and effective classification ...

Firms wrestle with ESG data challenges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... decisions using that information," said Nadia Humphreys, head of sustainable finance data solutions at Bloomberg. This comes as KPMG recently published a report finding that most companies plan to spend more on ESG over the next three years but are not ...

KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
KPMG has partnered with Microsoft to release a new educational platform to upskill the global workforce to meet demand for better environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). The ESG Academy will be available for Australian business leaders ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Maclaren has more than 25 years' experience working across the non-profit, public and private sectors including at Deloitte and KPMG. She is a Chartered Accountant and governance and risk specialist with the Chartered and Governance Institutes of Australia. ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... in battery storage but now China has taken over as the global leader. This was a missed opportunity." Georgia King-Siem, KPMG enterprise partner and innovation policy lead, said the analysis of ARC research funding revealed that investors need to look ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia, NGS Super, Aware Super, and UniSuper fall among the ranks of super funds that publicly support the Voice. Deloitte, KPMG, Adamantem Capital, Westpac, NAB, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ANZ, Lendlease, Woolworths, and Coles are also in support. ...

NGS tracking ahead on 2030 net zero pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... but it always comes back to the best interest test. NGS expects to have its decarbonisation process and results audited by KPMG in October.

KPMG recommends gender-focused super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
KPMG has proposed superannuation reforms targeted at home carers and recipients of paid parental leave to help close the gender gap. The KPMG Towards Gender Equity in Retirement report recommended the government consider adding superannuation contributions ...

Finance responds to new ISSB standards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... some worry Australia's sustainability agenda is not keeping up. Some worry that Australian companies are not prepared. KPMG said in a statement that companies must take an integrated approach. "In getting ready we urge companies to take an integrated ...
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