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Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... 4-11 July, whose theme is "Heal Country." The investment industry is working more broadly to find ways to integrate First Nations people into the investment process and reflect the risks and opportunities of issues like cultural heritage protection into ...

CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank will finance a plastics recycling facility, its first commitment under the Australian Recycling Investment Fund. The CEFC will commit up to $16.5 million in debt finance to a new polyethylene ...

ASFI reports on momentum towards sustainable finance sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... noted activities by organization beyond the financial services sector to include universities, state governments and First Nations groups. "A couple of things stand out - individual organisations are picking up the roadmap and using it clearly as a gap ...

Brokers recognised for excellence in ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Research Australia. "The uptick in research focused on issues surrounding modern slavery, human and labour rights, and First Nations peoples' rights mirrors prominent events that have taken place over the last 12 months like the destruction of Juukan ...

Responsible investors called to action on First Nations Peoples

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Educating and inspiring investors in how they engage with First Nations Peoples is part of the expanding remit of responsible investing, according to Kado Muir, chair of the First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance and the National Native Title Council. ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... part of its Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Index, the firm noted. "You can't have true inclusion and diversity without first establishing an equitable culture," the firm told FS Sustainability. "Equity is meeting people where they are. We want to ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... gets vaccinated when. Every country is stratifying differently, and each country has a different approach to who gets it first." Clare Payne, EY fellow for trust and ethics, also pointed to supply chain as not just a challenge, but also a solution. "Supply ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... another under the leadership of Katherine Tai as the next US Trade Representative. "Our prime minister needs to look to his first conversation with the new president as an opportunity to leverage this longstanding and close partnership with energy and ...

Thai regulator becomes TCFD suppporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... committed to a 20-25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the projected business-as-usual approach by 2030. "SEC is the first public organization in Thailand to have become an official TCFD supporter since 30 December 2020, which marks another ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... concerns and couldn't go public because they were barred for doing so." The NSW Aboriginal Land Council is part of the First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance, which is made up of Aboriginal Land Councils, Native Title Representative Bodies and Aboriginal ...