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Sustainable finance heavyweight to chair National Reconstruction Fund board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... inaugural chair of the $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) board. The NRF will invest in manufacturing projects cross seven priority investment areas - renewables and low emissions technologies; medical science; transport; value-add in the ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Fidelity has created a chief sustainability officer position and put Jenn-Hui Tan in the role. This comes as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) announce new chairs. Tan has ...

AustralianSuper grows global team with numerous hires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Moloney emphasised the strategic importance of the recent high-calibre appointments. "Since opening our office in the UK seven years ago, we have sought the best talent to enable us to build our investment platform and improve our global presence, with ...

The skills shortage delaying net zero: CEDA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... renewable generation increased by 81%. The energy-efficiency and demand-management workforce will need to double over the next seven years - from just over 200,000 workers today to as many as 400,000 by 2030. By 2030, 70,000 more welders are needed to ...

Climate change most pressing issue for APAC C-Suite: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
C-suite executives in the APAC region rated climate change as the most pressing issue facing their companies, ahead of seven other choices, ahead of the economic outlook and other challenges. The consulting firm has issued the Deloitte 2023 CxO Sustainability ...

Assessing the risks of psychosocial safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... environment beyond anything that executives and board members do, Bruce said. Last year Parliament passed new legislation for seven of the recommendations from the landmark Respect@Work report into sexual harassment in the workplace.

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... satisfied citizens are with their lives. Personal wellbeing The personal wellbeing index (PWI) measures satisfaction across seven aspects of personal life, including standard of living, health, achieving in life, personal relationships, safety, community ...

Graforce and Worley to scale GHG-free hydrogen gas technology in APAC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Global engineering and project delivery firm Worley has announced a partnership with German hydrogen plant provider Graforce to expand the use of methane electrolysis (plasmalysis) technology in APAC. The technology allows for the conversion of natural ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Chinese, and South Korean fishing companies toil under extremely exploitative conditions often for up to 20 hours a day, seven days a week. Many of the workers surveyed by Yea were promised salaries of AU$300-600 per month, only to later discover that ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... want to advance sustainability efforts, but no one knows how to actually do it," 72% of respondents said - an increase of seven percentage points from last year. 84% of executives believe their sustainability initiatives would be more effective if leadership ...