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Investors scrutinise Australia-first gender pay gap data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... employees who were furloughed, and non-binary employees. There is significant variation in the gender pay gap across industries, with the worst offender being construction industry with a median employer gender pay gap of 32%. In the finance industry ...

Family businesses see ESG driving future: Grant Thornton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... long-term business goals. Overall, 66% of family businesses consider ESG and sustainability moderately important. Certain industries, such as Technology & Media Communications and Arts & Recreation, display particularly high levels of commitment to sustainable ...

Queensland to boost clean economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... particularly in regional areas. This will build on the momentum already underway across Queensland, which is delivering new industries and jobs in places like Townsville, Gladstone and Mackay. "Working together now to cut climate pollution and keep communities ...

ASX companies boosting ESG staff, oversight: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... approximately 200 ASX-listed corporates with responses received in November 2023. Respondents came from a diverse range of industries, with financials and industrials best represented. 13% of respondents with a market cap of less than $200 million, 22% ...

BlueScope receives funding for lower emissions project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... of carbon neutrality by 2030." These first two grants from the PRF come through its Critical Inputs to Clean Energy Industries program, which supports hard-to-abate sectors like steel. "This $200 million investment in the steel sector is about securing ...

Australian Ethical grants $500k to climate solutions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... preserving knowledge about flora, fauna and sacred sites at risk of being lost due to climate change and extractive industries. "We believe that a sustainable planet underpins all of Earth's systems and allows for people and animals to thrive; that's ...

Element Zero raises US$10M for zero-carbon iron

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Element Zero co-founders are both ex-Fortescue leaders - with CEO Michael Masterman the former CFO of Fortescue Future Industries, and CTO Bart Kolodziejczyk former chief scientist of Fortescue Metals Group. Masterman also previously served as executive ...

Carbon markets heat up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... of partners and innovators around the world," said Evident CEO Ed Everson. Takeover offer for ACCU developer Avatar Industries has tabled an off-market cash offer for 100% ownership of Australian nature-based carbon project developer CO2 Australia, at ...

Forestry fund raises $450m for natural capital

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... offer significant opportunities to contribute to the decarbonisation pathway for Australia and to build competitive new industries for our net zero future. These require a long-term investment focus. The sooner we act, the greater the economic benefit ...

Top 10 most-read articles of 2023

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Energy Chris Bowen announced that government would develop sector-specific decarbonisation plans for key Australian industries to further the government's net zero ambitions.