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Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... and future security. Low satisfaction with community connectedness corelates with recent studies finding that rates of social isolation in Australia have skyrocketed and loneliness now costs Australians $2.7 billion annually in health: just over one-third ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... driven the rise of populism in the country more than 330 million. But Australia, with our smaller population and stronger social welfare support, does not have such a wide division of political ideology. Part of this can be attributed to our democratic ...

No pause button on greenwashing action: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... and commenced its first civil penalty proceedings. Last month Future Super self-reported a breach of greenwashing in a social media post and paid an infringement fee of $13000 by ASIC for overstating its carbon credentials. Greenwashing fines like this ...

Is divestment the last resort for modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Divesting from companies that have direct or indirect exposures to labour exploitation could serve to exacerbate the problem rather than solving it, with the UN special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery urging investors to stay engaged. Speaking ...

Renewable energy, climate in spotlight in Federal Budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... billion in new spending. Griffith cited the announced $300 million for electrification and energy performance upgrades for social housing and $1 billion in new funding for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to offer solar, storage and electric upgrade ...

Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... risk - it's an opportunity for companies to build trust, create a shared value for stakeholders, and enhance their social licence to operate. Procedural justice is crucial in ensuring that the transition is handled in the right way and prosperity ...

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 ...

First Sentier Investors to focus on armed conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
First Sentier Investors has augmented its approach to human rights risks and exposures to include armed conflict. First Sentier has had a general human rights toolkit since 2016 and in 2020 added a framework for identifying Modern Slavery Risks. The ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... basis. This is the first program to be announced in the ACT following the federal government's widening of the NHIF to fund social and affordable housing. The Build-to-Rent scheme is a controversial solution to the rental crunch problem, in which occupants ...

New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures (TIFD) and the Taskforce on Social-related Financial Disclosures (TSFD) have announced their consolidation into a single initiative to address social and inequality risks in financial reporting. ...