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Climate change and public health cannot be viewed in isolation: UNGCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... impact on health of extreme weather events such as heatwaves, climate change has the potential to impact Australia's food security through crop damage, the report said. Further threats to public health lie with the risk of increased rates of infectious ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... proceeds, it's quite clear it's to mitigate the effects of the fallout from COVID- healthcare support, homelessness, food security, you name it. It's all very valid and worthy, then we also have some who are putting the money into research and medical ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... mean transmission to rural communities." A significant impact on labour in the agriculture sector could disrupt food security in Australia, Hepworth said. Workers on farms are seeking information on how to practice social distancing while working, and ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... think about the impacts of climate change in terms of the impacts on population flows, the impacts on water and food security, the impacts on the financial valuations of firms that follow from those problems, I do think business has the message much ...

Artisan raises $26 million for the Clean Energy Seed Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... developing strong startup activity in these verticals, Australia can address major Asia-Pacific mega trends including food security, healthcare spending and sustainable energy, creating domestic jobs and building export opportunities." Australian Ethical ...

Good Super appoints Andrew MacLeod as managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... macro-economic, social and environmental issues facing Australia, including affordable housing, extreme poverty, land use, food security, gender equality, Indigenous health, efficient mass transit, social justice and human rights, corruption energy ...

KKR invests in Sundrop Farms expansion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... agribusiness's operations. "We grow food where land is too arid for farming, fresh water is in short supply and domestic food security is a concern," said Philipp Saumweber, Sundrop Farms CEO. "Farming with typical agricultural inputs would be unsustainable ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... megaforces - population growth, climate change, energy and fuel, material resource scarcity, wealth, water scarcity, food security, deforestation, ecological decline and urbanisation. On average, ASX50 companies identified eight out of the 10 megaforces ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... analyst, Inflection Point Capital Management Noble cited five megatrends in the farm sector that IPCM is focusing on - food security, urbanisation, rise of the developing world, obesity in the developed world and climate change - saying that those megatrends ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... overcome "grand challenges" facing Australian society, including affordable housing, extreme poverty, land use, food security, gender equality, Indigenous health, efficient mass transit, social justice and human rights, corruption energy, clean drinking ...