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Successful merger for social and inequality reporting framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... supported by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Council for Inclusive Capitalism (CIC), Shift, and other investor and labour-focused organizations. TIFD was led by an interim secretariat including the United Nations Development ...

Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... details the fiscal impacts of climate change. "The settlement is an important step forward as part of a broader contextual shift. In the settlement, the Australian government provides better disclosure and commits to continued engagement with investors ...

Investors in hot seat over impact of 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... and fire across south-east Australia and what it would mean for superannuation funds. "At the broadest level it is about a shift for a super fund to understand that they're not only decarbonizing the portfolios but making sure the assets adapt," Noble ...

Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... loss is happening in our backyard on a globally significant scale. There is real opportunity for investors to materially shift the dial on this issue... but there are system-level drivers of this issue." The report found all five big banks in Australia ...

Aussie farmers call for climate courage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... environmental degradation brought on by drought, and the ensuing economic impacts to her community. Molesworth urged the audience to shift from awareness to action, surmount obstacles, and invest in a future benefiting both people and the environment. ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... people are starting to realise they can be just as good or better while contributing to positive things in the world." This shift is mainly driven by the changing demographics, with younger investors showing a strong preference for ethical investments. ...

Woodside sells 10% of $16.5b Scarborough LNG to Japan investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Supreme Court of Western Australia and the Federal Court. Woodside argues that LNG will aid in decarbonisation efforts in the shift away from high-emissions fossil fuels. Woodside CEO Meg O'Neill said the agreement will "provide further opportunities ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... employees. Companies like Rio Tinto are "trying to correct the way they do business". Lowe said while a major generational shift was required, "inclusion is a good thing for business" that will benefit all industries. Corporate responsibility and the ...

Suppliers on notice: Amazon to enforce emissions reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... company's Scope 1 emissions grew by 11%, which the company attributed to business growth, a change in logistics and a shift towards science-based corporate accounting of emissions. The company claims to be the world's largest corporate purchaser ...

Untapped talent: Australia missing out on $50b in GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
Australia has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disability in the OECD and could add over $50 billion to its GDP by 2050 if it tapped into this talent pool, according to new research from the Business Council of Australia (BCA) and ...