Green finance fighting greenwashing
Making money green: Australia takes its first steps towards a net zero finance strategy

"From July 1 2024, large Australian companies and financial institutions will have to disclose information about the impacts of climate on their business, the risks climate change poses to their operations, and how they plan to decarbonise. Successive Australian governments have been slow to grasp this reality, and we are now playing catch-up with many other countries. Australia’s financial system must urgently transform itself to meet the climate challenge."

https://theconversation.com/making-money-green-australia-takes-its-first-steps-towards-a-net-zero-finance-strategy-214063

Mandatory climate-related financial disclosures for Australian companies explained
https://www.climateworkscentre.org/news/mandatory-climate-related-financial-disclosures-for-australian-companies-explained/

Company directors could be held liable and fined over unforeseen nature-related impacts and risks
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/02/company-directors-could-be-held-liable-and-fined-over-unforeseen-nature-related-impacts-and-risks
#greenwashing #market #finance #decarbonise #climate #DisclosureRequirements #liability #CorporationsAct #law #ParisAgreementClimateAgreement #UNSustainableDevelopmentGoals #ForestryCorporation #NSWLogging #ClimateExtremes #nature #care

A child experiencing a mental health crisis, had to live in a police station for two days; no psychiatric places were available.

Chief Constable, Sir David Thompson said his force is understaffed and underfunded after cuts.
He condemned austerity for hitting the poorest areas hardest, and warned of rising crime as desperation increases.

#TipOfTheIceberg #ExtremePoverty #PublicServices #UNSustainableDevelopmentGoals

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/27/child-in-mental-health-crisis-lived-at-police-station-for-two-days-chief-reveals?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other