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Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... likely to get sunburn from UVB than those living in Europe, North America or most of Asia. According to the Australian government we have one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. At least two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... tweaking aspects of the financial system to help solve these and other challenges. There is a call for the Australian Government to complement these actions and do more to legitimise investors and businesses using finance to create impact. Governments ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, ensuring violence-free workplaces." The STOP project is supported by the Australian government's Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP) as well as private donations. Sexual harassment can be a financial and therefore ...

CEFC, ARENA commit up to $58m for Hornsdale Power Reserve

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... expansion of the Tesla-built Hornsdale Power Reserve battery located in Jamestown, South Australia. The South Australian Government has also committed $15 million to the expansion to secure the delivery of inertia services, according to statements. The ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... the third-warmest year on record, having annual national mean temperature 1.140C above average. While the Australian government has stated it will pursue the Paris Agreement 2030 target, there is argument over whether this is possible and in what form ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... bushland destruction to replacement by 'pasture'," the Wilderness Society said in the report. "Similarly, Australian government data ascribed 72% of national deforestation in 2016 to grazing." The Wilderness Society noted that Australia is among the ...

Local Government Super direct property portfolio certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... neutral outcomes have been certified by the NSW Government administered NABERS Program under licence from the Australian government Department of the Environment and Energy, and in compliance with the recently released standard, Local Government Super ...

Australian government awards $1.23m to Impact Investment Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has awarded AU$1.23 million to Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) - a global organization driving impact investing - to develop the ecosystem for gender lens investing in Asia. ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
Climate change will be one of the most pressing issues of the forthcoming federal election, no more so than in the Melbourne electorate of Kooyong, where former Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO Oliver Yates is running as an independent challenger ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian government and the European Union (EU) are currently negotiating a free trade agreement (FTA) that will not only serve to strengthen trade between the two economies, but also contains language with specific reference to commitments from ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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