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Carbon price could stall $600bn super loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... pitfall is to calculate the cost of carbon in every business decision. A standardised pricing signal would enable the finance sector to lend to and invest in the corporate sector, including superannuation, in a way that efficiently allocates resources ...

Rural slavery risk raises ESG alarm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... granted enforcement powers, including the power to impose penalties for violations. A code of practice for the finance sector is on the way, as is a code for the renewable energy sector.

Fossil-fuel engagements require flexibility, not confrontation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... for company engagement on issues that may take years to solve, according to top sustainability specialists. The finance sector has moved through a stage of agenda-setting in climate, through norm-setting, frameworks and measurements put in place, and ...

Canberra scopes First Nations economic policy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... According to the First Nations Foundation (FNF), the Indigenous financial wellbeing provider, the government and the finance sector must take further action in leveling the economic playing field for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. This ...

Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... trust through representation, there is a need for more Indigenous practitioners in higher level management in the finance sector. A mature investment ecosystem is necessary to support Indigenous-led initiatives, and embracing discomfort and taking action ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... School and sustainability manager at MLC Life Insurance. On the topic of working with organisations outside the finance sector, Federated Hermes' D'Eugenio recalled how the fund's biodiversity team first came across Dr. Doug Gurr, director ...

Upskill needed as mandatory reporting looms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... similar findings, Canberra recently released its first Sustainable Finance Capability Framework - upskilling the finance sector on sustainability. The consultation paper is open until the end of April and hopes to accelerate sustainable finance capability ...

Key sector could boost economy by $100 billion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... green hydrogen. Blended finance and public-private partnerships can also be used to boost innovation. STA says the finance sector needs to work with Canberra to boost funding in R&D. "If we were investing that 3 per cent of GDP in R&D right now, the ...

More calls for adaptation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... forms of investments. Initially, the consultation was to aimed at improving and facilitating collaboration with the finance sector to develop products that are most suited to mobilising resources for emissions reduction. The strategy is now undergoing ...

Industry unveils plan to boost female executives

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... address key structural barriers that hinder skilled and numerate women from entering Australia's $4 trillion finance sector. Its launch follows the release of gender pay gap data for super funds and asset managers. In financial services, the median ...