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La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... university has locked in a $195 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) with interest rate savings being reinvested into an Indigenous accommodation scholarship fund and other initiatives. La Trobe University has refinanced existing bank facilities ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... and advocacy, circular and nature-positive transition, a right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, Indigenous Peoples rights, land rights, and water and sanitation. Additional core social indicators on respecting human rights, decent ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the journey ahead. In the aftermath of the failed referendum, it was found that polling catchments which are over 50% Indigenous voted on average 63% in favour of the proposal, according to political analyst Simon Jackman. Finance sector leaders say ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Collaboration with First Nations groups in governance rather than strategy can help upskill knowledge and solutions; as Indigenous peoples, although less than 5% of the world, protect 80% of biodiversity. Initiatives like the Taskforce on Nature-Related ...

Property investor GPT joins advanced RAP cohort

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... will increase First Nations representation in GPT's workforce to 1.5% by 2025. It will continue its CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship Programme, its Indigenous Work Shadow Pilot Program, and its Indigenous Scholarship program with Western Sydney University. ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... adjustments to the final version include stipulations for companies to "describe and disclose" how they engage with Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and other affected groups not just as stakeholders but as partners, Parker said. "I think there's ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... recovery imperatives; embedding science-based principles in policy and incentives; and increasing benefits to rural and Indigenous Peoples," said ISFC executive director Ross Hampton. ISFC will work to achieve the aims of the Glasgow Leaders Declaration ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance; whole-of-economy decarbonisation; climate and environmental science and policy; human rights; and Indigenous rights and perspectives. The taxonomy project is designed to provide a common standard for green and transition finance ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... only first world nation with a colonial history that does not recognise its First Nations people in the constitution. Indigenous Australians account for 3.8% of the population. A date for the referendum is yet to be announced, but it is widely presumed ...

Traditional Owners to lead Pilbara renewables rollout on exclusive native title land

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... partnership between YAC and ACEN formed a new company called the Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation (YEC), one of the largest Indigenous-led renewable energy initiatives in Australia, that will develop wind, solar, and renewable energy storage projects ...