Corporate Banking

This month’s ESG Impact newsletter explores the upfront carbon intensity of Australian homes, the launch of the Australian sustainable finance taxonomy, greater governance of the ‘blue economy’, the G7 Critical Minerals Action Plan, and more.

Cheques are on the way out and organisations need to start planning the transition to cheque alternatives now. Leeanne Gray, Westpac Institutional Banks’s Head of Domestic Payments & Simplification, explains what’s involved.

This month’s ESG Impact delves into Air New Zealand’s emissions target, the acceleration of electric vehicles across the globe, an innovation in solar thermal energy, new guidance for company directors on what to ask about nature-related risks, and more.