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Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... is an important part of Australia's 2018 Modern Slavery Act. The Marine Stewardship Council is an international non-profit on a mission to end overfishing that set voluntary standards for sustainable fishing and assurance within the seafood supply ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It is 10 years since more than a thousand people died in the Rana Plaza textile factory collapse in Bangladesh in April 2013. In the intervening years, regulations to improve factory safety has been introduced in Bangladesh, and issues related to worker ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... measurement. This comes as a new global IBM Institute for Business Value study of executives and consumers, "The ESG ultimatum: Profit or perish," reinforces that inadequate data is a key challenge when it comes to achieving ESG goals. The Google Cloud ...

South Korea leads with ESG fund disclosure taskforce and anti-greenwash laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong proposed mandatory climate-related disclosure for its listed companies. According to non-profit The Asia Foundation, greenwashing and lack of regulatory clarity are key barriers to the recent rise of ESG standards in South ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Germany. The report was delivered by global climate change investment and advisory firm Pollination for the IGCC - a non-profit network that helps Australian and New Zealand investors understand and respond to the risks and opportunities of climate change. ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... dismantled in Australia from 2035 onwards. This enormous volume of waste means there is a big opportunity for investors to profit by helping companies unlock the value of PV circularity. Power generation from photovoltaics (PV) increased by a record ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
A little more than 11% of ASX300 C-Suite executives are women, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The latest AICD Gender Diversity Report has revealed that while the gender representation of non-executive ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
This week, Maple-Brown Abbott launched a repositioned sustainability fund, Brookfield made its first Australian renewables investment and Cultiv8 made three investments. Maple-Brown Abbott launched the Maple-Brown Abbott Australian Sustainable Future ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... the industry body from B Lab AANZ, where she was director of certification and standards learning. B Lab AANZ is the non-profit entity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand that certifies entities as B Corps. "We are delighted to welcome Shalini Samuel ...

Four in five companies prefer penalties to sustainability, study finds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023  |  NEWS
New research has found that the vast majority of companies would accept regulatory penalties rather than take on sustainability initiatives. Further, the study revealed that most companies prioritise commercial objectives over sustainability, highlighting ...