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Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Organisations, especially Group 1 entities, should prepare now, as the reporting period could commence from 2025.
Alvarez & Marsal
As the world confronts climate change, companies, policymakers, and individuals recognise the need for urgent action. Businesses embracing sustainability can gain a competitive edge...
Piper Alderman
A considerable number of environmental reforms promised under the Nature Positive Plan have been delayed.
Holding Redlich
Climate-related risks associated with purchasing and developing land for infrastructure and how to mitigate the risks.
Stacks Law Firm
The federal government can effectively ignore the risk that fossil fuel projects pose to the environment.
Herbert Smith Freehills
Major changes to the environmental protection regime in NSW have passed Parliament unopposed and entered into force, doubling maximum penalties for environmental crime and substantially...
Holding Redlich
Key thoughts and lessons from the two-day event, where the theme was governance at the forefront.
Piper Alderman
Proposal for standardised requirements for mandatory disclosure of climate-related financial risks & opportunities for large businesses.
K&L Gates
The Australian Government recently released an exposure draft of the legislation to implement mandatory climate-related financial disclosures (Draft Legislation).
Jones Day
In recent years, the Australian federal government has committed, at both the domestic and international levels, to ambitious renewable energy targets.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
The implementation of the mandatory CRFD regime will be progressively phased in.
Ropes & Gray LLP
On Friday, the Australian government released an Exposure Draft proposing amendments to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission Act...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers
The fines that were issued were significantly lower than the guestimates that were floating around beforehand.
Herbert Smith Freehills
2024 is tipped to be a big year for environmental law reform, as the Commonwealth Government prepares to introduce legislation...
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has released the draft National Environmental Standard (NES)...
Herbert Smith Freehills
NSW takes action on climate change with legislated 2030 and 2035 targets to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. A new Net Zero Commission will be established by mid-2024 to oversee the State's progress.
Cooper Grace Ward
The ACCC's final 8 principles aim to help businesses align marketing strategies with genuine environmental benefits.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
This final ACCC guidance provides further clarification to assist businesses mitigate the risk of greenwashing.
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Jones Day
The Australian government has released an exposure draft of the Treasury Laws Amendment Bill 2024: Climate-related financial disclosure (Cth) ("the Bill").
K&L Gates
In her opening speech, ASIC Deputy Chair Sarah Court made some high-level observations, noting ASIC is one of the most active enforcement agencies in Australia and ASIC's...
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