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Genetic test results to no longer hinder life cover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... author of the report, Jane Tiller, said today: "This is outstanding news for patients and the Australian public, and will safeguard future of genomic medicine, precision health and medical research." "This policy reform will provide certainty to consumers ...

Canberra to expand ACCU scheme

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... assessed additionality, permanence, and leakage, supply and demand, land use competition, and the intersection with the Safeguard Mechanism. It found that the Australian Carbon Credit Unit (ACCU) Scheme was performing well with robust governance, compliance ...

Senate passes landmark climate reporting and net zero authority laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... temporary limited liability should not extend beyond the three-year timeframe. "RIAA has made it clear that any kind of safeguard or temporary limited liability is not in any way necessary," RIAA co-CEO Estelle Parker said. Although some aspects of liability ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... goal for net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions from our operations, and to meet compliance obligations under the Safeguard Mechanism Act." The Safeguard Mechanism applies to more than 200 of Australia's largest industrial facilities, including ...

First Environmental Futures trade on ASX

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... institutional investors, trading houses and carbon markets participants, compliance entities, and corporates as the Safeguard Mechanism comes into effect. "A liquid and transparent Environmental Futures market will give organisations greater visibility ...

Podcast: Radical super reform for climate change progress with retirement heavyweight Jeremy Cooper

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... ASIC. Superannuation, with its long-term investment view, necessarily requires a transition to a sustainable economy to safeguard retirements - especially for the many members set to live to the end of the century. And according to Jeremy, his plan is ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... like this: Mandate decarbonisation for the Future Fund, change the performance test, and introduce an equivalent to the safeguard mechanism. The Future Fund should also follow the Future Group (and NBIM) by having its own separate climate advisory board. ...

States and feds step up on nature and resources

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... state government published its Green Iron and Steel Strategy to establish industry, ensure competitive advantage, and safeguard sustainable long-term prosperity alongside communities, Aboriginal Peoples and Native Title groups. This includes a new hydrogen-based ...

APRA acts on climate risk watch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's financial system remains stable. Lonsdale also announced new initiatives to combat cyber-attacks and safeguard data security. The annual performance test results, assessing the performance of superannuation investment options against ...

Sustainable Finance Taxonomy open for consultation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
The Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) today released its first consultation on sustainable finance taxonomy, a set of definitions that make it easier for financiers to fund sustainable assets and activities. ASFI is consulting on the draft ...
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