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ESG-related enforcement remains a top priority and focus for Australia's corporate regulators. Since our last update, there has been a steady stream of enforcement activity aimed...

Following in the footsteps of its international counterparts, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ("APRA") is ramping up its guidance on the management of climate-related risks.

The WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has released its ‘Review of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Western Australia’ which contains recommendations for the reform of the State’s impact assessment processes.

Officers, financiers, shareholders and other related persons can be personally liable for company breaches under the EPA.

Discusses the increase in penalties for environmental offences after recent disasters.

As Group 2 entities commence their first reporting period under Australia's mandatory climate reporting regime, ASIC's early observations highlight key disclosure expectations and areas for caution.

A discussion on the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management which takes effect from 1 July this year.

The Equator Principles are a set of voluntary environmental and social guidelines for project finance that commit adopting Equator Banks to reject finance applications for projects that fail to meet the guidelines.

On 8 April 2009 the Queensland Government announced a moratorium on the clearing of one million hectares of regrowth vegetation in the State.

Development sites are scarcer and development risks are getting higher in Australia’s commercial property market.

Councils and waste transport operators may face hefty fines under 'chain of responsibility' legislation as a result of a VicRoads crackdown on overloading of waste management vehicles.

On 6 December 2022, the Western Australian State Government announced a new approach to fast-track green energy approvals, intended to ‘slash approval timeframes' for green energy projects.

In order to pass the carbon repeal legislation, a number of concessions had to be agreed to by the government.

In this episode, Tim Stutt and Mel Debenham are joined by Jacqui Wootton, disputes partner and co-head of HSF's Australian corporate crime and investigations practice. In our second episode...

The decisions relate to Woodside's Pluto LNG and North West Shelf Gas Projects.

The Court found that the owner never had any reasonable prospect of success and ordered that the owner pay all costs.

Reviews under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act.