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Make sustainability sexy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... going to make more and more financial sense." In the next five years the private sector is likely to see ramping up of legislation, Rooney said. Sprinting in step, businesses are beginning to notice how climate inaction will impact the bottom line, and ...

Subsidiaries must comply with Aussie regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... subsidiary for reporting under the ASRS because of local differences that, as an example, require the use of NGER Scheme legislation to measure greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions." Reporting obligations under the Corporations Act apply to individual ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Canberra warns if businesses don't step up it will revise legislation surrounding product stewardship and the circular economy to boost investor confidence. But environment minister Tanya Plibersek concedes that sometimes threats are as effective as ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... process of rebuilding. "Rebuilding a nation necessarily involves economic reconstruction." "We can't just rely on legislation when we're talking about the nation's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage. It's up to business ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... joint submission with CPA Australia to the government, we wrote that we support Treasury's efforts to establish legislation for a framework for climate related disclosures, but those in Group 3 don't appear to have been appropriately considered ...

Legal loophole fail: compliance won't dodge risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... private sector achieve best practice as it works with the federal government to co-design new national cultural heritage legislation in line with international agreements and community expectations. Investors have a responsibility to protect Australia's ...

Business calls for 12-month climate reporting delay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... private litigators, in addition to civil society. FS Sustainability understands that Treasury will be introducing legislation on climate reporting in the near future. Climate-related financial disclosures are set to become mandatory for large entities ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... bees, butterflies and hoverflies from pesticides, pollution, land use change, climate change and invasive species. The legislation has been hotly contested. Farmers have protested a range of policies designed to protect nature, which they say they cannot ...

Family businesses see ESG driving future: Grant Thornton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... regulation and 23% cited resourcing, skills and experience as an impediment. ESG beyond climate reporting The proposed legislation on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures is not on the radar of most family businesses that Pogson works with. ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... happens when 25% or more shareholder votes are cast against the adoption of the board's remuneration report. Under legislation, if a listed company gets two strike votes in consecutive years at AGM, shareholders can then vote to spill the board, requiring ...
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