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Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... financially empower 100 million women and girls around the world. "Gender equality is key to achieving sustainability. This coalition will push forward an initiative we know will benefit economies around the world," said Stephen Liberatore, head of public ...

Olympics flame sparks $10bn pledge to sports equality

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... universal history." Sustainable Development through Sport The movement, named the Sustainable Development through Sport coalition, is part of the Finance in Common (FiCS) initiative. Notably, Australia's regional development partner, the Asian Development ...

Podcast: Momentum on nature, biodiversity, and climate with Natalie Kyriacou

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
On this episode of The Greener Way podcast, Natalie Kyriacou joins senior journalist and host Rose Mary Petrass to discuss how Australia is tracking on ESG compared to our global peers. The pair discuss Australia's Nature Repair Market scheme and ...

Canberra scopes First Nations economic policy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The Coalition of Peaks is currently consulting on the design of a First Nations Economic Partnership with Treasury. The aim is to improve access to capital markets and employment opportunities and address legislative or policy barriers that hinder that ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... management consultancy. Hoffman is on board of trustees of WEF, chairperson of Dutch management consultancy Capitals Coalition, and founding member and chairperson of the Hoffmann Global Institute in Business and Society at INSEAD. Andrew Mitchell, founder ...

WEF to unlock US$2.8 tr clean energy investment in global majority nations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... an additional "green premium" - and select more expensive, but environmentally friendly technology. The First Movers Coalition, members of the private sector that aim to advance climate technologies through members' purchasing power, suggested the ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... transport. The Global Stocktake found that NDCs could be more ambitious. Australia did not join 64 countries that signed the Coalition for High Ambition Multilevel Partnerships for Climate Action, partnering with subnational governments to enhance the ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a reconciliation framework going forward. The First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC) in Canada is developing renewables projects that require at least 50% co-ownership with First Nations groups. ...

Kyoto credits cancellation brings tough implications for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... open for feedback until October 2023. At the summit, the shadow minister for climate change Ted O'Brien reiterated the Coalition's support for reaching net zero by 2050. This comes as Australia's leading engineers and scientists at the Australian Academy ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
A coalition of forestry companies including New Forests have launched a collaborative engagement body that will advocate on issues including climate change, biodiversity loss and halting and reversing deforestation. The International Sustainable Forestry ...