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Budget 2024: A win for clean energy, not environment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... support emissions reduction in the agriculture, $178.6m for renewables employment support and training, and $56m for Building Women's Careers. $17.3 million will expand Australia's sustainable finance taxonomy and create a labelling regime for ...

Make sustainability sexy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 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.' From Dee recounting a highly successful ...

ISSB digital standards not perfect

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... physical risks that climate change may have on their business. "In short, the physical risk component of the standards needs building out and in its current state may lead to the business impacts of climate change being under-reported". The ISSB concedes ...

Companies warned to disclose nature risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... flows. And investors are increasingly asking questions about that." The TNFD is interoperable with other frameworks, building on the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures, and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) S1 and ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... significant was destroyed - and it was legal to do so." She compared a lack of engagement with First Nations communities to "building a house in the middle of the street and then just saying it's just too complicated to work out what council you're ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... green once they are fully electrified and thermally efficient, the grid is producing zero-emissions electricity, and building materials are decarbonised," CEF director Tim Buckley said. "That requires concerted action and investment to build firmed utility-scale ...

Aware Super appoints ESG, product and insurance heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... wealth management business into MLC. "The creation of this role is in line with the $170 billion fund's commitment to building strong relationships and delivering industry-leading member-centric superannuation, retirement, insurance, guidance and ...

Rest teams up with Fidelity to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Rest has announced it is further diversifying its industrial property and impact investment allocations by signing on as a cornerstone investor in Fidelity International's Fidelity Real Estate Logistics Climate Impact Fund (LOGICs). The LOGICs fund ...

Upskill needed as mandatory reporting looms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... broader systemic impacts essential for sustainability. This shift is not just about environmental responsibility but about building true resilience for businesses in a rapidly evolving global landscape." In response to this and similar findings, Canberra ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... economists pointed out that Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data from February revealed a significant decline in building approvals to an annualised rate of 150,000, with a marked weakness in new home construction loan approvals. They said while ...