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EU proposes sustainability labels for data centres
The European Commission is proposing a common rating scheme for data centres to increase transparency on their energy use and supporting their sustainable integration into Europe's energy system.
Morgan Stanely backs Amber in €49m funding round
Morgan Stanley Investment Management's 1GT private climate equity strategy has led a €49 Million (A$79 million) Series E funding round for Australian energy technology company Amber Electric, backing the Melbourne-founded business as it expands its energy flexibility platform into Europe.
UBS Global Wealth Management names head of for purpose organisations
UBS Global Wealth Management Australia has recruited a new head of for purpose organisations who joins from JBWere.
Podcast: Ethinvest on impact and shareholder activism
Impact investing has matured significantly over the past decade, but many of the most attractive opportunities remain out of reach for everyday investors. What is changing in the impact investing landscape, and how can investors use both their capital and their shareholder influence to create positive ...
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Modern slavery in the geopolitical crossfire
When investors frame the conversation about the risks of modern slavery, we tend to cite a common set of facts and a common set of arguments as to why ...
What ACCR v Santos means for your climate disclosures
The Federal Court has dismissed greenwashing claims brought by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) against Santos.
Materiality is not a single judgment: It is a governance system
Much has been written about sustainability materiality in recent years. The more fundamental problem is that materiality is still treated as a single ...
Roundtable reflections: Is ESG dead?
"Is ESG dead?" we asked at our recent Responsible Investors (RI) roundtable in May this year. Short answer: no.
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Australia's social media age ban: A digital turning point for society and investment markets
In a global first and a warning shot for platforms, at the end of 2025 Australia became the first country to ban under-16s from social media, with penalties ...
How economics and energy security are driving the next phase of the energy transition
Looking ahead, the next phase of the energy transition will be defined by practical system build-out rather than headline climate commitments.
Sustainability in 2025: Building resilience and navigating risks
In 2025, there is likely to be much scrutiny around US President Donald Trump's anti-green agenda in particular.
Balancing Investor expectations with entrepreneurial growth
Recent headlines highlighting corporate management shortfalls in companies led by their founders underscore the need for rigorous governance standards.
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Sustainable development is much abused term which rarely applies to all four pillars: economic; environmental; social and cultural
Social enterprises and cooperatives are best placed to deliver true sustainability simply because their performance metrics go beyond profit, turnover and shareholder value.
Deep down, Australians want transformational change; they want to live in a different way.
In a 2005 survey, Australians were asked which of two positive scenarios of the future they expected and preferred: one focused on individual wealth, economic growth and efficiency, and enjoying 'the good life'; the other on community, family, equality and environmental sustainability. Almost three quarters (73%) expected the former; 93% preferred the latter.7
Richard Eckersley
Over the past few decades, the deepening sense of the profound ecological challenges facing the planet and the growing despair at the inability of "traditional systems" to address economic failings have fueled an extraordinary amount of experimentation by activists, economists and socially minded business leaders.
Hundreds of "social enterprises" that use profits for environmental, social or community-serving goals are expanding rapidly.
As Al Gore would put it we didn't leave the stone age because we ran out of rocks. We found a better way.
[…] New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model […]
it might be of interest to look at how other countries for approaches as to how co-ops and mutuals are evidencing their value and impact -
in Canada, there's the 'co-op difference' programme: http://www.linkedin.com/redire...
and in the UK there's a set of metrics to report on how 'co-op' your co-op is (http://www.uk.coop/cespis) as well as an annual report on the size and value of the sector (http://www.uk.coop/co-operativ...