ESG Transformation: Conversation Series
The increasing focus on corporate purpose, accountability and operational resilience continues to strengthen environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters as a core strategic issue for businesses, investors and lenders. In this podcast series, we discuss the risks and opportunities to provide much needed clarity to achieve a sustainable future.
Episodes
85 episodes
The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP47: 2024 (Gift) Wrapped
In the final episode of The Third Wheel for 2024, Tim Stutt and Mel Debenham reflec...
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Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - Assurance
How can companies prepare for the assurance requirements when they’re still a moving target in and of themselves…?In this episode, we talk about the current proposal from the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (AUASB) for ...
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Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - Verification
The process to test and verify the integrity of climate-related information will be critical in ensuring public disclosures match internal practices, and that claims can be substantiated if challenged.As well as being a baseline expectat...
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Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - ASRS: Metrics & targets pillar
Climate-related metrics and targets are already a key area of focus for stakeholders, but under the new regime there will be more granularity than has been disclosed in the past.The ASRS metrics & targets pillar requires companies to...
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Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - ASRS: Strategy pillar
Disclosure under this pillar is not just headline statements and overarching direction. These mandatory climate-related disclosures will mean that a company’s “strategy” will need to include comprehensive disclosure of how climate consideration...
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Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - ASRS: Governance pillar
Board and management oversight of climate issues is not a new concept, but deciphering and disclosing how this occurs in practice is often a challenge.The ASRS governance pillar requires quite granular disclosures of the board and manage...
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Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - ASRS: Governance pillar
Board and management oversight of climate issues is not a new concept, but deciphering and disclosing how this occurs in practice is often a challenge.The ASRS governance pillar requires quite granular disclosures of the board and manage...
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Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - Climate governance frameworks
The new reporting regime will be a prompt for companies to critically assess whether existing governance arrangements are ‘fit for purpose’ (and disclosure) in respect of climate impacts, risks and opportunities.In this episode, we talk ...
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Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - Getting ready for climate reporting
Given the scale of the exercise to report against the new climate reporting regime, what sort of foundational steps should companies be considering now?In this episode, we share our insights into common pain points and suggested focus ar...
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Reporting For Duties: ESG Reporting in Australia - A new climate reporting regime… now what?
Now legislation for Australia’s new climate reporting regime has finally been introduced into Parliament, what impact will it have for corporates?... (and when?).The new climate reporting regime is likely to require a significant uplift ...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP46: ESG x Tech: A spotlight on data centres
Tim Stutt and Isabella Kelly are joined by Aaron White and Adrian Wong to discuss the soaring demand for data centres and the importance of identifying and managing ESG issues in their development and operation. Adrian provides insights on how ...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP45: Whistleblowing systems and ESG risk management
Jacqueline Wootton, Christopher Hicks and Isabella Kelly embark on a whistle-stop tour of the intersection of ESG and whistleblowing. They discuss why developing an effective whistleblower program is a sound investment and should be a core part...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP44: ESG without borders: International reporting perspectives
Isabella Kelly is joined by Gareth Sykes, Heike Schmitz and Carolyn Pugsley for a tour of some of the key ESG reporting requirements internationally and the work that is being done to understand how they map against each other. They discuss cha...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) Special Episode: Stuck in the Middle? Unlocking ESG Investment
Tim Stutt and Mel Debenham are back behind the wheel to discuss HSF's second report in its ‘Unlocking ESG Investment in Australia’ series. They explore the findings of our second major survey on the barriers to deploying investment in ESG-align...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP42: Climate reporting – the preparation starts now
Anna Coroneo and Isabella Kelly cast aside Third Wheel tradition to have a one-on-one discussion about some of the key aspects of Australia’s incoming climate reporting regime. From directors’ declarations to modified liability and assurance, A...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP41: So you want to be a carbon farmer?
Lucy McCullagh, Alice Molan, Mark Hatfull and Naomi Hutchings delve into the multifaceted world of carbon offset projects working toward Australia’s net zero and nature positive goals, from regulatory considerations to project finance and struc...
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Investigate 360 x The Third Wheel: Corporate Crossroads – ESG and Criminal Responsibility
Jacqueline Wootton, Christine Wong and Christopher Hicks discuss the intersection between corporate criminal responsibility and ESG in a Third Wheel X Investigate 360 collaboration episode exploring governance, social licence to operate and the...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP39: The ESG Crystal Ball for 2024
Isabella Kelly fires up the crystal ball and invites Tim Stutt and
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP38: COP28 – the debrief with Silke Goldberg
Tim Stutt and Mel Debenham are joined by Silke Goldberg to debrief COP28 through the lens of four paradigm shifts – (1) climate finance, (2) fast tracking the energy transition and emissions reduction, (3) nature and people, and (4) the “just t...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP37: Future of Work – New challenges, new norms
Olga Klimczak, Natalie Gaspar and Shiv Jhinku take the wheel to explore HSF’s latest Future of Work report. They unpack the key ESG related findings including cost of living, pay and benefit inequalities as a potential trigger for activism, as ...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP36: Australia releases its Sustainable Finance Strategy
Lucy McCullagh, Alice Molan and Anna Coroneo return to “the wheel” to discuss Australia’s Sustainable Finance Strategy, recently released by Treasury and including a range of measures to underpin sustainable finance markets as the country trans...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP35: A COP of action?
Lewis McDonald, Carolyn Pugsley and Tim Stutt set the scene ahead of COP28 in Dubai with a stocktake of past COPs and sign-posts to the way forward, including new "regulatory technology" and continued investment to support innovation across the...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP34: Global Bank Review – Balancing Acts
Jacqueline Wootton, Hannah Cassidy and Antony Crockett take the wheel to explore trust in banking, as the sector faces a number of stress tests, including carving out credible positions on social and climate issues, creating new carbon offset m...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP33: Sustainable Finance 2023 – Australia’s time to lead
Lucy McCullagh, Alice Molan and Anna Coroneo take the wheel to debrief their key takeaways from the Australian Sustainable Finance Summit 2023, including Australia’s progress toward a financial system aligned with sustainability commitments, th...
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The Third Wheel (ESG Australia) EP32: A First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution
Melanie Debenham is joined by Gemma McKinnon and Bianca Janovic from our Pro Bono and Responsible Business teams to take us through the Regional Dialogue process that led to the Uluru Statement from the Heart and how it relates to the Voice ref...
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