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Social impact groups bolster leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... brand from a background in fundraising for various non-profits including Sisters of Charity Foundation, Dress for Success Sydney, CREATE Foundation, and CanTeen Australia. The sustainable fashion label provides employment and training opportunities to ...

RIAA: Sustainability goes mainstream

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) expects a record 1000 attendees at its annual conference held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre on 1 & 2 May. Over two busy days, the conference will unpack topics like greenwashing, geopolitical ...

Mercer nabs Aware sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... ownership, and strategy." Interestingly, Shearman recently completed a Master of Sustainability from the University of Sydney and is currently a candidate for the grueling Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level III program. Mercer has US$15.5 trillion ...

CBA launches green business loan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... CBA executive general manager for business lending Grant Cairns told the crowd at the CBA's sustainability conference in Sydney last week. "There has been a big shift in the types of conversations we are having with our business customers, from small ...

AI poses serious governance risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... technology fails. Professor Nicholas Davis, a leading academic on emerging technologies from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), spoke at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference yesterday about the unchecked environmental ...

More calls for adaptation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... importance of avoiding even more warming," McAllister told the crowd at the Commonwealth Bank sustainability summit, held at the Sydney International Convention Centre on Tuesday. "There will be some risks that are expensive and difficult to manage - ...

Amazon's Queensland operations to run off solar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... also developed a wind farm in Hawkesdale, Victoria, and three rooftop solar projects on Amazon facilities in Melbourne and Sydney. Together the projects will provide more than 1000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean energy annually to the region - enough ...

Nature-related disclosures underway

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Forico, Telstra, the Port of Newcastle, the GPT Group, Transurban Limited, AirTrunk Operating, Landcom, and The University of Sydney. Globally, adopters include Norwegian Central Bank investment manager Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the largest ...

Podcast: 60,000+ years of care for country - Josh Gilbert

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Finance Institute annual conference, Gilbert, who is also policy officer of Indigenous policy at the University of Technology Sydney Jumbunna Institute, expanded on how land management practices, also known as "caring for Country", preserve and benefit ...

New advisory body for nature investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... US$200 billion per year by 2030 in public and private finance for nature. The Global Nature Positive Summit will be held in Sydney next year. "Our new Nature Finance Council will strengthen our efforts to protect more of what's precious and repair more ...