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CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... financiers like banks to make good financial decisions." CBA cites four main drivers for businesses to enhance sustainability reporting - risk assessment and strategic planning, access to cheaper finance, more efficient capital allocation, and regulatory ...

Draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Sustainability reporting experts and climate specialists welcomed the release of the draft Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) but said more needs to be done on the language and metrics. The TNFD beta framework tackles the risk ...

Leading Harvest to bring ag sustainability standard to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Kenny Fahey. "The challenge is there are many different programmes, and the issue is that the market for sustainability reporting and assurance has become chaotic and difficult to navigate. "Where we saw the opportunity for Leading Harvest is to create ...

Accountants to play central role in ESG developments: CPA Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
The speed and scale of sustainability reporting architecture is expected to continue in 2022, and with it demand for accounting professionals with ESG skills, according to CPA Australia. CPA Australia predicts that more entities will set net zero commitments ...

SGX mandates TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... timelines and progress in their annual reports. Furthermore, from January, issuers will have to subject sustainability reporting processes to internal review, all directors will undergo a one-time training on sustainability, and sustainability reports ...

Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... consistent standards for climate and other sustainability disclosures. This global standardisation elevates sustainability reporting to the same level of rigour as financial reporting, and will be a critical piece that enables investors to comprehensively ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability initiatives, frameworks and institutions," Rennie said. "This has slowed down progress on sustainability reporting."

IFRS announces plan for comprehensive sustainability standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... or aimed at a wider group of stakeholders - the IFRS cited the European Union's planned Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive as well as initiatives in the Americas and Asia-Oceania as examples. CPA Australia general manager external affairs ...

Fragmented ESG regulation in APAC a challenge: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation has also formed a new board to introduce international sustainability reporting standards - the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), which is due to be launched ahead of the COP26 UN Climate ...

SGX proposes mandatory TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... diversity policy and disclose related targets, plans and timelines in annual reports. The SGX mandated sustainability reporting for all listed entities in 2017, and recently released a discussion paper to enhance and adapt regulations related to sustainability ...