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Podcast: Overcoming barriers to financing the First Nations business sector with Jake Berthelot

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... at First Australians Capital - an organisation which brings together private, public and philanthropic investment in Indigenous businesses. Berthelot, a Potaruwutj Padthaway man, was drawn to a career in strategy and finance and now works to empower ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... oil, rubber, and pulp and paper, the report found. Human rights violations, including forced and child labour, and Indigenous displacement, have been identified in deforestation-linked business activities. For food product issuers in Nature Action 100 ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Bennett, a Wiradjuri woman, focuses on supporting the financial wellbeing of First Nations peoples. Firesticks is an Indigenous-led organisation which implements Indigenous land management practices such as cultural burning to prevent catastrophic bushfire. ...

Investors zero in on nature, human rights nexus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Around the world three people are killed each week defending and protecting the environment, around half of which are Indigenous, according to Global Witness and UNEP. The report noted the importance of a circular economy for water, plastics, and other ...

Investors welcome Future Made in Australia bills

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Also, the House of Representatives passed a production tax incentive for hydrogen and critical minerals, which allows Indigenous Business Australia to invest in First Nations communities. Specialist global investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure ...

Mega asset manager defends OECD complaint

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... complaint alleges, including: "stealing communities' lands, razing the world's last standing forests, and trampling Indigenous Peoples' rights," said Friends of the Earth US (FOE) Gaurav Madan. BlackRock dismissed the complaint as "meritless". "As a ...

Shared equity to build intergenerational wealth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... participation. FNPG is a national First Nations led organisation supporting the economic and social goals and interests of Indigenous Peoples in Australia. The organisation has an extensive network with diverse First Nations communities nationwide. It ...

Short term thinking cripples efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Held at the Hilton Sydney on 31 October, perspectives focused on the lessons to be learned from over 50,000 years of Indigenous culture in Australia, as well as Indigenous Peoples across the world. ASFI announced a new partnership with the First Nations ...

Nature and climate now on equal footing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Parker warns investors to "assess and address" nature risks, keeping interconnected issues like modern slavery and Indigenous rights in mind. "We are likely to soon see some kind of shadow pricing by investors to recognise ecosystem services which are ...

Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A new strategy seeks to move past compliance and risk management when it comes to Indigenous issues, and focus on climate resilience and responsible investing. Indigenous financial wellbeing organisation Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) recently ...