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Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
A prominent Australian First Nations academic has called on Australia's business community and financial services industry to signal their support for the Voice referendum to be held between October and December 2023. In a discussion held at the ...

NHFIC to finance Build-to-Rent-to-Buy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... dwellings for women facing rental stress or at risk of homelessness. In a joint venture with the ACT Government and Community Housing Canberra Ltd (CHC), the NHFIC will provide up to $7.14 million in concessional loans from the National Housing Infrastructure ...

New nature-based team for AECOM ANZ

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... for resilience and disaster risk reduction, ecological restoration and enhancement to deliver ecosystem services and community benefits, and the use of digital solutions to enhance the understanding, assessment, and communication of the value of the ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... "Those two steps alone would send a strong signal to investors and there would be a strong response from the investment community as a result." The CEIG report said "decarbonisation of the electricity sector creates the biggest opportunity to drive economy-wide ...

Karoon Energy aims for net zero 2035 target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... have set key criteria around that. One of these is that they must be both [Verified Carbon Standard] VCS and [Climate, Community and Biodiversity] CCB certified." Layering on to that, Karoon focuses on finding co-benefits through focusing on projects ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) draft, released last week, which provides a framework to help the financial community understand in financial terms the impacts of human activities on the environment. It's this translation that is most important ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... assessing and disclosing their nature-related issues as soon as possible," she said. The response from the business community is positive. "Biodiversity is evolving very quickly and a lot faster than many in the business and wider community thought it ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... work/family conflict." Further, Ditzell said that the literature on flexible work indicates improvements in health and community engagement, and flow-on effects of reduced health costs. More than 20 Australian businesses are currently taking part in ...

AGL saved from HESTA divestment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
HESTA, the Australian industry superannuation fund for workers in health and community service sectors, has removed AGL from its list of companies marked for divestment. This comes as Damien Nicks was appointed CEO of AGL in January. The energy company ...

FS Sustainability launches final voting round for ESG Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... Management and FS Advice - The Australian Journal of Financial Planning, as well as the broader Australian business community will have a say in recognising the breadth and diversity of professionals who are actively shaping the agenda and implementing ...