2024 is set to be another big year for ESG issues, with public consultations underway on the highly anticipated draft legislation proposing to make climate-related financial disclosure mandatory in Australia and the associated draft accounting standards.
Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) must immediately disclose to ASX Limited any information that a reasonable person could be taken to expect would have a material effect on the price or value of the entity's securities.
On 18 September 2023, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures ( TNFD) published its highly anticipated final recommendations for nature-related risk management and disclosure. Find out more about the TNFD recommendations and how to begin implementing them in Practical...
2023 saw a number of significant developments and emerging trends across the legal landscape, including in relation to artificial intelligence (AI), environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), the annual general meeting (AGM) season, data breaches and cybersecurity, unfair...
From 9 November 2023, unfair contract terms will no longer simply be found void and courts will have the right to order substantial penalties. Are your consumer and small business contracts compliant?
Find out what the ACCC, ACMA, OAIC and eSafety (Digital Platform Regulators forum) consider are the key issues for the safe deployment of AI in Australia.
The reforms to the unfair contract terms regime including the introduction of substantial penalties for contraventions come into effect on 9 November 2023. Are your standard form contracts at risk?
