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Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The passage of the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund means an assured, long-term financing pool to support the development of social and affordable housing in conjunction with private investment. After negotiation in the Senate with crossbench ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... on his career history as former climate change minister as well as former chair of IFM Investors and Industry Super Australia, Combet noted that the most profound change in sentiment around climate change is the momentum from business leaders. "It's ...

Podcast: Ramping up impact on climate and biodiversity - Ingrid Kukuljan

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... positive impact by promoting financial inclusion in the UK. We speak with Ingrid about climate and biodiversity and where Australia stands in terms of action on both. Ingrid recently commented on the biodiversity impacts of farming an FS Sustainability ...

Australian Unity inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Australian Unity has signed a $50 million sustainability linked loan (SLL), linked to performance against the company's Community and Social Value (CSV) Framework. The announcement comes as the wellbeing provider announces a total $1.76 billion ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Rayonier, Stora Enso and UPM. Collectively these companies manage almost 9 million hectares of forests in 27 countries - Australia, New Zealand, USA, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Ireland, UK, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, France, Poland, Spain ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... corporate governance, having worked as group sustainability manager at Westpac and ANZ, stationarity strategy adviser at Australia Post and as an environmental analyst at Eurofins. Earlier this year, TelstraSuper backed Apostle Funds Management's ...

TelstraSuper augments sustainable investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... corporate governance, having worked as group sustainability manager at Westpac and ANZ, stationarity strategy adviser at Australia Post and as an environmental analyst at Eurofins. Earlier this year, TelstraSuper backed Apostle Funds Management's ...

Australia considers carbon tariff to level playing field

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... cement to level the playing field for Australian business that are incurring costs to decarbonise their products. If Australia introduces a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM), it would not only be following in the footsteps of the European Union ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... research funding generated substantial economic activity, producing $184.3 billion in higher economic output (GDP) for Australia. This is equivalent to a $33.6 billion increase in present value, approximately 1.5% of Australia's current GDP. Funding ...

Men receiving higher salary increases than women: ADP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Women's salary increases are failing to keep up with men's, with this trend expected to continue into the year ahead. Australian pay rises in the past 12 months averaged 5.7% for men, compared to only 4.4% for women. In the next 12 months, men expect ...