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Big super's plan on fossil fuel return

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... plans, and divesting if these companies fail to step into line." Woodside and Santos did not comment. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) recently accused Santos of not maximising returns for shareholders in its current capex ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... findings from a recent study conducted by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which found that Australian companies perform even worse. Many top Australian companies have poor governance and disclosure of their political spending ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Under the federal government's proposal, climate-related financial disclosures will become mandatory for large Australian companies from July 2024, with smaller businesses to follow in 2027-2028. As FS Sustainability reported in June, the proposal ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... scored lower than S&P 500 scores dating back to 2015, when assessments on this Index of companies began. None of the Australian companies scored as high as even the average score of the US companies and the majority scored in the bottom 20% of performance. ...

France "Say on Climate" law scrapped

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... disclose their climate plans for shareholder vote. Commentators say there is strong support for Say on Climate among Australian investors. Say on Climate resolutions are currently voluntary. It was dropped on Monday ahead of a debate and vote by the ...

Experts weigh net zero risks, opportunities of Origin Energy bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Markets business, and Brookfield is committed to maintaining the 2025 closure date announced earlier this year. Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) climate lead Harriet Kater said that loss of shareholder voice and questions around ...

HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... the interim target recognised developments in climate change since 2020, such as updated scientific research and the Australian government's increased commitment. "The science is telling us this is a critical decade and that mitigating climate change ...

Government launches review of Safeguard Mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... international carbon credit units. Facilities unable to meet their reducing baselines may look to buy and surrender Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). For entities that exceeded their baseline targets, the federal government has also proposed to ...

HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Super fund HESTA says aligning Australian law to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) would enhance outcomes for Indigenous Australians as well as stronger long-term returns for super fund members. Human rights ...

Calls for transformation, climate skill in AGL board renewal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... David Evans. "Given the message they've received by this demerger proposal as well as the greater context of the Australian election, they need to listen to those noise and feedback and do something proactive about this change rather than reactive," ...
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