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KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
KPMG has partnered with Microsoft to release a new educational platform to upskill the global workforce to meet demand for better environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). The ESG Academy will be available for Australian business leaders ...

UNSW launches Institute for Climate Risk and Response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
The University of New South Wales has launched a new research institute to advise the business world on how to assess and respond to climate change - including navigating and implementing regulations and standards and measuring and evaluating their ...

Men receiving higher salary increases than women: ADP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... still exists," she said. "Whether you're working in the same institution, in the same function, with the same level of education... we know that men still get paid more than women, and that's just on the base pay. "Over a 40-year career, that accumulates ...

Government commits public service to net zero by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... fall under non-corporate Commonwealth entities include Services Australia, which delivers Medicare, the Department of Education and the Future Fund Management Agency. The 73 corporate Commonwealth entities and 16 Commonwealth companies are "encouraged ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... changed" and that investors were building understanding and knowledge of ESG and other investment themes through self-education: news articles and blogs, books, online courses, reports, podcasts, and social media. "People are definitely proactive in ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... incentives from the SLL into social impact initiatives aligned to its four focus areas including Equal Digital Access, STEM Education, Biodiversity and Conservation, and Innovation and Research and Development. The company first introduced its plans ...

ARENA backs hydrogen electrolyser startup

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... awarded Hysata $8.98 million under the German-Australian HyGATE program. The German Government's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) provided €5.9 million. "Hysata is a great example of Australian innovation leading the way in renewable ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... responsibility and social license to operate in the communities in which they operate as well as their role in facilitating education and discussion for internal stakeholders such as employees. The question to be put to the Australian people at the 2023 ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... efficiency, and other environmental solutions. Morgan Stanley's social sustainable finance themes are affordable housing, education and training, basic infrastructure, financial and economic inclusion, diversity equity and inclusion, and health and w ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Department of the Treasury alongside the Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education (DIICCSRTE) undertook economic modelling of climate change mitigation scenarios in close consultation with the Climate ...