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Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... disparities remained in labour-force participation and workforce representation between countries. While educational and health outcomes were strong, political empowerment lagged. New Zealand, which ranked fourth globally, and the Australia, which ranked ...

IFM and QIC scoop major assets in energy deal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Two of the nation's largest infrastructure fund managers have attracted major assets to its A$700 million renewable energy program. Critical infrastructure assets and healthcare assets have signed on to the final stage of a power purchase agreement ...

UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... a better world through building of sustainable partnerships and focus on tackling the most pressing issues relating to health, education, as well as climate and environment. "Sincerest gratitude to everyone who has been part of my journey and made this ...

Rockefeller org picks climate advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
A highly influential US$6.3 billion private foundation has set up a new Climate Advisory Council to accelerate the just transition and named its inaugural co-chairs and members. The Rockefeller Foundation, the global philanthropic medical research and ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... criteria and investment restrictions. It said positive factors include meeting important human rights needs like education, health, food and shelter; efficient use of energy and resources, such as energy efficient and renewable products and technologies ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Financial advisers find sustainable investments appealing to many of their clients, despite ongoing cost-of-living pressures and political differences. Ethical investment leaders spoke at the Financial Standard's inaugural Future Investing Forum ...

AXA IM releases engagement data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... cohort in the Nature Action 100 program. Other focus areas included the just transition, human rights in tech, and mental health in tech. "Investment does not have to be a binary choice between sustainability and strong financial performance over the ...

Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Indigenous communities' needs must be prioritised in investment decisions, and trust must be built through representation. Colonisation has had a profound impact on Indigenous peoples' identity and knowledge, panellists at the Responsible Investment ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... is that you can find this information, at any point in the world where they've done their research, to work out the health of nature there and you can use that to look at your investment decisions or management decisions," said D'Eugenio. In ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Increasing geopolitical uncertainty means that investors must navigate new risks affecting supply chains, food security and human rights. Responsible investors must weigh ethical responsibility with protecting against financial risk. While most geopolitical ...