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Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian businesses." "We need to decouple economic growth from the use of finite resources," Lisa Mclean, CEO of Circular Australia and founder and director of CarbonWise said. Mclean is a member of the Ministerial Advisory. "We need to keep materials ...

Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... said. "This is going to get hard." The experience of other countries, such as Scotland, can provide valuable lessons for Australia to follow. The Scottish Trades Union Congress and Friends of the Earth Scotland came together to create the Just Transition ...

Podcast: What's happening at RI Australia 2023 - Estelle Parker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... official media partner to the event, and we're joined by RIAA's Executive Manager, Programs Estelle Parker on how RI Australia 2023 helps set the scene for responsible investment in Australia, the topics that will be showcased and what she's particularly ...

Stewardship and greenwashing in spotlight at RI Australia 2023

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... the responsible investment sector will be key themes in the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) RI Australia 2023 conference. RI Australia 2023 will be in Melbourne May 10-11. FS Sustainability is proud to be an official media partner ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Wednesday, professor Marcia Lynne Langton outlined the disadvantages and prejudices that First Nations Peoples' face in Australia, and how the Voice will address this. The Voice is not just a moral but an economic issue, Langton said. First Nations ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, Jones called the forthcoming ...

NHFIC to finance Build-to-Rent-to-Buy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... NHFIC CEO Nathan Dal Bon said. Minister for Housing Julie Collins supported the announcement. "Too many women across Australia don't have access to safe and secure housing," she said. "This is an important step in changing that for women in Canberra. ...

New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... and inequality Related Financial Disclosures will help drive progress and momentum." Certified Practising Accountants Australia (CPA Australia) spokeswoman Jane Rennie also welcomed the announcement, and said the merger was a "natural" decision. "Reporting ...

ASIC fines Future Super over greenwashing Facebook post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... notices to date in response to concerns about alleged greenwashing, including Tlou Energy Limited, Vanguard Investments Australia, Diversa Trustees Limited and Black Mountain Energy. Additionally, in February, ASIC launched court action against Mercer ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... impact investing has dropped to 56% from an all-time high of 61% in 2021, but has held strong amongst millennials. In Australia, though, interest still remains high: over three in five Australian respondents (63%) find the concept of impact investing ...