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UNSW launches Institute for Climate Risk and Response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... The Institute for Climate Risk & Response will work with business and government to leverage this expertise and provide advice on how to respond to climate risks. "We will help explain climate science data and information to industry in a way that can ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... communities following the Juukan Gorge destruction in WA in May 2020. "Corporates set up structures that allow them to seek advice, they may make mistakes and get things wrong but there is a structure in place... to get decision-making as close as possible ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... that the scenarios were now considered outdated and no longer relevant. Last week the Authority was tasked with providing advice to the government no earlier than October next year. The Authority has engaged CSIRO and EY Port Jackson Partners to assist ...

Executive appointment roundup: Corporate Citizenship to DBS, UNHCR to TBI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... offices. The non-profit organisation was set up by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2016 to provide strategic and policy advice to governments on how to address societal challenges. Its Southeast Asia projects include the use of tech to scale alternative ...

Untapped talent: Australia missing out on $50b in GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... disability confidence training to their HR recruitment team within the next 12 months. Get Skilled Access added: "The best advice we can give any organisation is to involve people with disability in the decision-making process, in particular when decisions ...

Bowen announces sectoral net zero strategy approaches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... the individual sector plans. "Today I have written to the Climate Change Authority asking them to provide their statutory advice under the Climate Change Act on the 2035 target. I expect to receive this advice in late 2024," Bowen said in a speech to ...

Podcast: Getting the balance right - Laura Ryan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... all about the numbers, those are some really good numbers for you." In this episode, she outlines her findings and gives advice for both managers and employees.

Hejaz invests in Islamic Bank Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... directorship, reported sister publication Financial Standard. Hejaz currently has $1.3 billion in funds under management and advice. Its Global Ethical Fund is Australia's largest single standalone Islamic fund, while the Hejaz Equities Fund (ASX:ISLM) ...

Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... each company's individual set of circumstances and learn to ask the right questions, as directors need assistance and advice, Rigotti said. Cross said to "focus on what will make the difference in working with companies, don't be seduced into ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... investors and companies to engage with net zero opportunities A new agency will be established from July 1 this year, providing advice to government on the design and establishment of the new authority. This comes as FS Sustainability reported this week ...