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Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... resources. The Australian Conservation Foundation reported in June that Australia could face losses of $20 billion per year in GDP by 2050 if the rapid decline of nature and biodiversity is not reversed. To the industry's credit, ACF found that more ...

Nature and climate now on equal footing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... wildlife populations in just 50 years, per the World Wildlife Fund - has material business impacts, with half of Australia's GDP dependent on ecosystem services. The first step to protecting nature is stronger baseline environmental protection laws ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... China is a threat today." Meanwhile, China's economic success story, since it opened itself to the world in 1978, saw GDP growth average over 9% per year and lift 800 million people out of poverty, according to the World Bank. Whilst GDP growth has ...

DEI code to boost retention: CFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Institute report found that addressing the gender gap alone in global workforces can add an extra US$12 trillion to global GDP over a 10-year period. Companies with the most ethnically diverse teams are also 33% more likely to outperform their peers ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... study Pollination found 61% have investments in nature-based solutions and 57% in nature markets. Half of Australia's GDP is moderately to highly dependent on nature. "There is strong momentum globally by investors to understand, analyse and value ...

HESTA urges ASX300 to heed investor concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... will focus on land-use competition and developing markets for nature-based carbon offsets, noting that over half of global GDP is highly or moderately reliant on nature. Gender equality HESTA will monitor gender pay gaps and asking companies to set public ...

Disorderly transition may spark financial meltdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... across the various nations." If current policies continue, physical climate risk will amount to a US$3.25 billion impact on GDP by 2030; US$6.75bn by 2050; and US$27.4bn by 2100. An orderly transition to net zero by 2050 would "hinge on a massive coordinated ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... women-focused enterprises with micro, small and medium size enterprises, predominantly ran by women, contributing 61% to the country's GDP and 97% of local employment. "Indonesia has set an ambitious goal to become a developed nation by 2045... to achieve ...

MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... tailwinds in sectors such as biopharmaceuticals, fintechs and green energy, and run alongside favourable rate cutting cycles and GDP growth in these regions. Asset allocators across Australia, including MLC Asset Management, have recognised that an active ...

Ex-Moody's chief rejoins standards setter

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability and climate reporting in emerging markets and developing economies. More than half (55%) of the world economy by GDP is moving to align with the ISSB's sustainability standards. Trustee chair Erkki Liikanen commented on the appointment ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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