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ASIC flags disclosure flaws in mandatory climate reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... constitutes a "climate related target", particularly regarding legally mandated emissions obligations such as the Safeguard Mechanism. Looking ahead, ASIC said its 2026 to 2027 surveillance program will focus on financial reporting areas involving significant ...

CEF calls out Whitehaven Coal over rising emissions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... disincentive for Whitehaven to mitigate its largest source of emissions. "With tightening market dynamics, Safeguard Mechanism liabilities will have a significant impact on Whitehaven and must be an impetus to reevaluate emissions management and mitigation ...

Australia emerges as corporate climate leader: MSCI

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... highest financial pressures to decarbonise in the region, driven by global coal phase-outs and the domestic Safeguard Mechanism. Disclosure rates among listed Australian firms also rose from 50% in 2020 to 70% in 2023. Regionally, transition readiness ...

Grattan calls for expanding Safeguard Mechanism to electricity sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Grattan Institute has recommended expansion of the Safeguard Mechanism, the federal government policy constraining emissions by big industry, to the electricity sector. The new report, Bills down, emissions down: A practical path to net-zero electricity ...

IGCC priorities heard at reform roundtable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... 2035 emissions reduction target", legislating the national adaptation plan, maintaining and expanding the Safeguard Mechanism beyond 2030, and removing fossil fuel subsidies. "There was universal agreement that our environmental laws are not fit for ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... support new investment in renewables after 2030. The report also recommended broadening and improving the Safeguard Mechanism and introducing a technology-neutral policy to incentivise heavy vehicle operators to reduce emissions. "Enduring, broad-based ...

Net zero more important than energy costs: Economists

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... least favoured is nuclear generation. About 40% picked extending the existing carbon price embedded in the safeguard mechanism applied to heavy industry, while 50% opted for firm commitments to not extend the life of coal-fired plants. Twenty-two percent ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Board," he said. In adopting ISSB standards, which are expected to take effect in 2026, Australia has the Safeguard Mechanism, which is the government's policy for reducing emissions among large industrial facilities. The government's Powering Australia ...

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... opportunity for Australia to build on our domestic momentum as we price in industrial carbon emissions via the Safeguard Mechanism and decarbonise our electricity system, creating a path to an Asian CBAM. Initially in economically advanced East Asia ...

Podcast: From coal to carbon - planting seeds of the future

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... market and Silva's latest update on their carbon credit projects. They explore the impact of the 2022 safeguard mechanism, the company's commitment to sustainability inspired by Wood's personal promise to his daughter, and their milestone ...
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