ASIC seeks feedback on proposed guidance on sustainability reporting regime

07 November 2024 – ASIC has released draft Regulatory Guide 000 Sustainability reporting (Draft RG 000) on the sustainability reporting regime for consultation with stakeholders.

The implementation of the reporting is scaled based on the size of your business; however, many large Australian businesses and financial institutions will need to prepare annual statutory sustainability reports containing climate-related financial disclosures from 1 January 2025.

ASIC’s Consultation Paper 380 Sustainability reporting (CP 380) seeks stakeholder feedback on the draft guide by 19 December 2024. Read more here.

Policies affected: Regulatory reporting policies or compliance calendars

Organisations affected: All firms

New enrolment and registration forms have arrived

11 November 2024 – AUSTRAC have released new enrolment and registration forms which can be accessed through AUSTRAC online. The new enrolment and registration forms have replaced the previous forms. AUSTRAC stated: you no longer have access to forms that were saved but not submitted prior to the migration period. If you had any saved forms, you will need to start the process again using a new form.

Update your browser favourites or bookmarks to the new form URLs now. All of the new enrolment and registration forms have new URLs and any links saved in your browser will no longer work.

Update your email contacts as the email contact for enrolment and registration enquiries has changed from enrolment@austrac.gov.au to contact@austrac.gov.au. Read more here.

Policies affected: AML/CTF Policies

Organisations affected: AUSTRAC reporting entities

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