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More funding necessary to fix housing crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Mike Zorbas welcomed the increase to the Commonwealth Rent Assistance but said the government's investment doesn't go far enough. "The government's continued focus on housing is welcome. This Budget contains solid investment in housing - particularly ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... practices. "Simply focussing on encouraging women into higher-paying occupations, such as pilots or lawyers, will not be enough to end the pay gap. The bulk of the gains will more likely come from improved workplace flexibility that allows more women ...

Flawed carbon credits add to business risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) system be overhauled. We also consider that the Chubb Review itself didn't go far enough in its findings to ensure that carbon credits do in fact represent genuine abatement, and it failed to sufficiently acknowledge ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... than men when nearing retirement, according to Chief Executive Women. Women are also more likely to feel they don't have enough time in the day to think about switching (67%, compared to 59% for men). According to the government's Status of Women Report ...

Business calls for 12-month climate reporting delay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Business Council CEO Bran Black said the group was calling for a further delay on climate reporting to allow preparers enough time for quality and accurate reporting. The BCA says the commencement date should be 12 months from either the date legislation ...

Personal views influence climate decision-making

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... investors, as well as for the climate. "Most CEOs and executives are very concerned about climate change, but they are not doing enough to ensure that the soaring climate risks they face are incorporated into their investment decision making," Tehan ...

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... "We've got the ISSB coming and on the Australian version, you're going to need to have more transparency. "Not enough people have the capability or the capacity and that is going to place a lot of pressure on businesses in the coming couple of ...

Amazon's Queensland operations to run off solar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Sydney. Together the projects will provide more than 1000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean energy annually to the region - enough for 175,000 homes. Queensland Minister for Energy and Clean Economy Jobs Mick de Brenni said the Woleebee project is part of ...

$200m social housing catalyst for clean energy sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Climate, with CEO Nic Seton commenting that the joint funding commitment by the state and federal government doesn't go far enough. "This announcement represents significant progress towards protecting vulnerable households against the twin threats of ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... generally is aware of the risks that are out there and is taking action. Whether or not the action is going to be strong enough and fast enough is an open question."
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