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Gender diversity in corporate Australia stalling: CEW Census

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... CEW president Helen Conway said the data reveals a "fundamental absence of accountability" that has allowed gender inequality to persist in corporate Australia. The census found that companies that have set gender targets are 2.7 times more likely to ...

ESG experts' earning potential revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... design (9.6%), legal (7.8%) and mining (6.9%) sectors also reported strong salary growth. Hays also found that gender inequality persists. "In Australia, the gender pay gap remains, with females earning 10% less than their male counterparts on average. ...

Podcast: Road to regenerative capitalism

THE GREENER WAY  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... investments, stressing the need for authenticity in addressing systemic risks, particularly in climate change and social inequality. Clements-Hunt also highlights emerging opportunities in ESG investing, including the development of tradable carbon securities ...

Green moves: Aware Super, Minderoo Foundation

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Metals Group founder, has long put ESG at the forefront of its strategy, which is to drive meaningful change, challenge inequality and pave the way for longer-term sustainability. In her new role, Stevenson will largely focus on the five-year plan to ...

Green moves: CSIRO, Ethinvest, Social Enterprise Australia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... strategies that are grounded, intentional, and capable of driving catalytic, systemic change. "In a world facing rising inequality, escalating culture wars, and a worsening climate and biodiversity crisis, the need to act - intentionally and collectively ...

Economists brace for an uncertain future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
After decades of unprecedented progress in reducing global inequality and poverty, the future looks increasingly uncertain, according to Angela Jackson, lead economist at Impact Economics and Policy. With Australia heading into an election year, potential ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... $46.1 million an hour through financial systems from the Global South in 2023, further increasing and entrenching deep inequality between nations. In 10 years' time, Oxfam predicts that the world will have five trillionaires. Forbes estimates that ...

Climate debate shifts gears after Trump win: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... acknowledging the pervasive political and corporate reach of the US. "The US is the water we swim in," he said, and growing inequality has given rise to a polarised world more selfish by necessity and as a byproduct, "we have created a world where nature ...

Podcast: Impact investing vs philanthropy - UN SDGs with Read Taylor Price

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
After 20 years of progress, we are now seeing rising inequality and poverty reaching levels not seen in a century, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In response, there's been an uptick in demand for companies to report ...

Social-washing hides lapse in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... investment has certainly helped, there is a significant amount of work that still needs to be done to address global inequality and climate-related issues." A concerning rise in unsubstantiated marketing materials that err on the side of 'social-washing' ...