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Podcast: Responsible investing in the context of conflict with Estelle Parker

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
Today we take a closer look at weapons and defence-related holdings. We ask the question, what does responsible investing mean in the context of conflict? To answer this question Estelle Parker, co-CEO at Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... and the UK, or 'AUKUS', is being sold as a boon for the economy and nation-building exercise that will amplify defence capabilities and strengthen regional security. But is it all it's cracked up to be? The landmark deal which the three countries ...

Unclear rules pose investment risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... coal, another country will - and therefore emissions would be produced regardless. ECoCeQ called this a "drug dealers defence", and "drop in the ocean argument" and said it was "bitterly disappointed". ECoCeQ and EJO are now exploring all legal options. ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... said. However, he emphasised that nuclear holdings should always be avoided on ethical grounds. "There are some kinds of defence expenditures which I think responsible investors should have nothing to do with. And that's anything associated with ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... weapons dealers, tech firms and other firms linked to the military regime of the Southeast Asian nation. These include defence-related companies such as Elbit Systems, AviChina Industry & Technology, and Bharat Electronics - companies which allegedly ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... companies has failed to produce a single publicly available deforestation commitment. Ignorance has long since ceased to be a defence," Mardas said. "There is no solution to climate change without ending deforestation."

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... victim-survivors. A national compensation scheme was first recommended by the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade in 2017. Now the investor-led, multi-stakeholder initiative Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Asia Pacific ...

Net zero roadmap shifts public service spending to green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... will initially cover 100 non-corporate Commonwealth entities, with some security exclusions such as the Department of Defence. Departments that fall under non-corporate Commonwealth entities include Services Australia, which delivers Medicare, the Department ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Corporate directors have an obligation to consider nature-related risk in much the same way as other financial risks, according to a new legal opinion. Directors can take steps to identify and manage nature-related risks is the headline conclusion of ...

Government commits public service to net zero by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... will initially cover 100 non-corporate Commonwealth entities, with some security exclusions such as the Department of Defence. Departments that fall under non-corporate Commonwealth entities include Services Australia, which delivers Medicare, the Department ...