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Cultural competency is not a box-ticking exercise: RIAA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) today outlined new measures to strengthen community engagement and better protect First Nations cultural heritage. Allan James, head of indigenous engagement at BHP, said that co-designing the rules ...

'Shockproof' portfolios integrate geopolitical risks: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
Investors must integrate geopolitical risks into their decision making and anticipate assets are being repriced at a blistering rate, as a means to help "shockproof" portfolios, according to an investments chief. As uncertainty around geopolitical risks ...

ESG implications of the US-Iran conflict

LIZ HARRISON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
The US-Iran conflict is doing more than lifting oil prices. It is reshaping the environmental, social and governance (ESG) realm through energy security, food inflation, health risks and national preparedness. Echoes of the 1970s: Energy shocks, security ...

Budget to modernise environmental approval framework

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
The federal government's Federal Budget will earmark more than $500 million to modernise Australia's environmental approvals framework, with industry groups arguing the reforms could help ease housing supply constraints by reducing delays and duplication ...

Institutional investors inject $166m into World Bank bond

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... an outcome bond and contributes to our biodiversity roadmap. It demonstrates how sustainable finance can simultaneously protect ecosystems and empower the communities that depend on them," Bonte said. MetLife Investment Management head of EMEA fixed ...

AHRC calls for long-overdue Human Rights Act

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... considering and protecting human rights and introduce a rights tracker to measure progress on human rights. "This reform would protect people's rights in Australian law, build a culture that respects human rights and give people power to act if their ...

Housing affordability widening intergenerational equity gap: Study

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026  |  NEWS
The gap between older and younger Australians is headed for record levels due to wealth and housing affordability constraints, new analysis shows. The Actuaries Institute's Cracking the Unsolved Generational Equation report, which provides update on ...

Greenpeace settles Woodside lawsuit

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... communities at risk. "Greenpeace strongly supports public interest litigation as a crucial tool in democratic engagement to protect our planet and holding large corporations accountable for their contributions to climate change," Rafalowicz said. The ...

Automated systems need rigorous adjustment for aged care

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... technology is introduced. "Responsibility remains with the public institutions that design and implement on such systems, to protect the rights of the people who rely on their outcomes," the commission said. "The commission has consistently emphasised ...

Green moves: ACSI, WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026  |  NEWS
... by long-term investors is always essential, and in times of global turbulence, it's even more important funds work to protect investment value for the millions of working people ACSI's members serve," Whiteley said. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson ...