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Successful merger for social and inequality reporting framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... announced in 2020, while the TSFD was first discussed in 2021. The creation of TISFD is supported by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Council for Inclusive Capitalism (CIC), Shift, and other investor and labour-focused ...

Untapped talent: Australia missing out on $50b in GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... add over $50 billion to its GDP by 2050 if it tapped into this talent pool, according to new research from the Business Council of Australia (BCA) and the Australian Network on Disability (AND). The report on improving employment for the 1 in 6 Australians ...

Amid economic uncertainty, "overlooked" co-ops and mutuals thrive

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... the greatest number being in the financial services sector, a new report has found. A report published by the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) has found earnings across the top 100 CMEs grew at an average annual rate of 27.1%. Co-operative ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... outline the future impact of the ISSB standards at the forthcoming Fiona Wain Oration, an annual event held by the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) next week. McBrien, an Australian who is based in London, has played an ...

New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... include Amundi Asset Management, AXA, BNP Paribas, Unilever, and Microsoft. It is also supported by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the Council for Inclusive Capitalism (CIC), Shift, and investor- and labour-focused organisations ...

Podcast: Australia's role at COP15 with Andrew Petersen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) CEO Andrew Petersen joins us to discuss his big take-aways from COP27 at Sharm El-Sheikh and what he anticipates at COP15 in Montreal - the Biodiversity COP. Petersen is an attendee of both ...

Budget spotlights climate, gender and long-term development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... change as productivity and business investment issues is quite interesting," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of the Business Council on Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA). "It's the first budget I've seen where a government realises that you have to ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... big polluters to reduce emissions." However, the Labor government's agenda doesn't stop with the E in ESG. the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) has mapped Labor's policy announcements and legislation since taking government ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... became clear coming out of Bonn," said Lewis Hill, manager, policy, advocacy and member mobilization at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). "The first is that the Egyptian presidency's focus will be on implementation. They ...

Sustainability moving from "why" to "how": Banksia Foundation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... is a key strategy that businesses are seeking to adopt, said Andrew Petersen, chief executive officer of the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA). "There is a massive momentum around energy systems, natural systems, food systems ...