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Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... senior leaders. The World Bank estimated that closing the gender gap in employment and entrepreneurship could increase global GDP by more than 20%. "The slow progress that had been made in women being hired into leadership roles is now starting to erode ...

Standards boards unite for global rollout

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... milestone in creating a global framework for consistent, reliable disclosures. Currently, over half (55%) the global economy by GDP is starting to adopt or align with the ISSB standards. Over 20 jurisdictions are incorporating the standards into their ...

Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... measures of success for the nation - alongside the government's Measuring What Matters, the first national wellbeing framework. "GDP is a classic measure of economic activity that takes no account of resource depletion or environmental impacts," Plibersek ...

Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... But the area is beginning to grow - with the Indigenous business sector accounting for roughly 0.4-0.6% of Australia's GDP, a contribution in the range of $8.5bn to $12bn, in 2021. It is now time to centre Indigenous communities in investment decision-making ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's (RBA) rate hikes last year, with a backdrop of a continuing population boom, UBS has slightly increased its GDP growth forecast. UBS projects a year-over-year GDP growth of 1.6% for 2024, up from the initial 1.5%, and an increase to 2.2% ...

Key sector could boost economy by $100 billion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... chronically overlooked and underfunded, the nation's STEM association says. By investing 3% of the nation's $1.5 trillion GDP - that is, $45 billion in universities, research institutions, and innovative businesses, the economy would be bolstered ...

Investors push for nature in climate plans

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... bridging conceptual gaps. "Climate change... surpasses land use change as a threat to nature," O'Grady said. "Half of global GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature." "It's one thing to measure, and it's another thing to act on it... Does it ...

VC initiative to catalyse AgTech for climate solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... agriculture," Archibald said. The most recent drought on the Eastern Seaboard (2017-2022) saw a 30% per cent fall in on farm GDP, Beanstalk said, citing Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) figures. "In terms ...

Report reveals progress on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... regulation and supervision activities. The tracker analysed data from 47 jurisdictions which represent over 88% of the world's GDP and 72% of global GHG emissions. Notable progress has been made on central banks and pension funds' integration of biodiversity ...

COP28: Countries tackle coal as President claims "no science" behind phase-out

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... needed in the next decade to achieve net zero by 2030. Of the US$41 trillion gap, roughly 43%is in Asia. This represents 3% of GDP per annum for the US and many EU countries - and 15% in some Asian nations. This uneven investment burden is a significant ...