Carbon Catch-up: The world catches up to NZ

Carbon Catch-up: The world catches up to NZ
NZ once set the pace on carbon disclosures, but the world is catching up. (Image: Getty)
Dileepa Fonseka
Corporates and others might be about to receive a temporary reprieve from the crown entity controlling climate accounting standards, but this might not free them from the impact of increasingly high benchmarks being set internationally.  When BusinessDesk spoke to Chapman Tripp partner Nicola Swan earlier in the year about the change coming next year for corporates in their obligations to report on their climate change transition plans, it looked like a big shift was set to take place. “There’s a set of what are called &ls...

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