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Podcast: Federal Budget, Climate Week, clean energy and the case for a price on carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Last week the Australian Federal Budget 2024-25 was handed down, coinciding with Sydney's inaugural Climate Action Week. In this episode of The Greener Way, we hear from Tim Buckley, founder and director of Climate Energy Finance, a public interest ...

Make sustainability sexy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Sydney's inaugural Climate Action Week kicked off with a flurry of events across the city, including a panel with Planet Ark founder Jon Dee, and Green Building Council of Australia CEO Davina Rooney. The key message? 'Make sustainability sexy.' ...

RIAA: Fund flows, greenwashing, AI and disability inclusion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... practitioners navigate changing tides, the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) held a conference in Sydney last week, where more than 800 attendees had the opportunity to learn from - and network with - the best and brightest, and ...

Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... communities and the Pacific, Will Leak, Senior Sustainable Investment Analyst at Mercer said at the conference held in Sydney last week. In order to build trust through representation, there is a need for more Indigenous practitioners in higher level ...

Companies warned to disclose nature risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... told FS Sustainability. Goldner attended the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Conference 2024 held in Sydney this week. The TNFD urges companies to start thinking about nature as a risk, rather than just a compliance matter. "Like ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... audience poll taken during a session at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Conference 2024 held in Sydney this week. The big problem is there is a fundamental lack of data on disability inclusion in the Australian workforce. This ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... labelling and reporting, Longo said at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Conference 2024 held in Sydney this week. "The fundamental objective is the attract investment into ESG products," he said. "To equate compliance with loss ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... nation's third-largest super fund. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference in Sydney yesterday, Deanne Stewart, CEO of Aware Super, spoke about how the $150 billion super fund stepped up its 'active ownership' ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Films and co-chair of Yes23 spoke at the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia's (RIAA) Conference 2024 held in Sydney today. She called the Heritage Protection Act "broken", and said it was time to rebuild. Perkins said that current legislature ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... engagement. Julie Inman Grant, eSafety Commissioner at Australian Government presented the framework at RIAA's 2024 conference in Sydney today alongside panel moderator Mark Lyster, co-chair of the toolkits' subgroup, director of Lyster & Associates ...
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