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Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... impacts, and a shared aspiration of communities towards self-determination and economic prosperity. In May last year Saulo led a reciprocal trade delegation supported by the US State Department and Native American Business Delegation to Australia through ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... issues," Peers said. "ESG will ultimately lead to a better economy overall." However, there are now more than 20 US states, led by Texas and Florida, which actively prohibit pension funds in their jurisdictions from following ESG principles. In July ...

Companies urged to act on greenwashing ahead of new ISSB framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... environmental impact in certain conditions or in different scenarios. "There's often a misconception that greenwashing is a marketing-led initiative, however environmental claims stretch beyond those efforts to the omission, misrepresentation or manipulation ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Alliance on Bangladesh Worker Safety (the Alliance) and the complementing Better Work Programme. "The Bangladesh Accord has led to improvements in fire safety in buildings, and there is evidence that it's made factories in Bangladesh safer places ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... recycling scheme has been agreed upon or industry partner identified. The Product Stewardship Centre of Excellence last year led a project to develop a product stewardship scheme - and found that an industry-led approach would be unlikely. Instead, legal ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... The study found that female top-tier managers add 6.6% to market value of ASX companies. The 30% Club is a global campaign led by chairs and CEOs working to increase gender diversity at board and senior management levels. Chair Nicola Wakefield Evans ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... and Cultiv8 made three investments. Maple-Brown Abbott launched the Maple-Brown Abbott Australian Sustainable Future Fund, led by co-portfolio managers Emma Pringle and Chris Hotop. The fund provides investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio ...

Insured losses from natural catastrophes $150 billion in 2022

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... insurance. The report from Swiss reinsurance company Swiss Re revealed that record-breaking damage from natural disasters in 2022 led to the third consecutive year that insured losses from such disasters exceeded the US$100 billion mark. That indicates ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... traction as part of overall sustainable bond issuance, the Orange Bond Principles are seeking to catalyse investment in gender-led bond issuance in a similar pathway to initiatives that have driven green and sustainability-linked bond demand. The Orange ...

Women-led founders, climate tech grow VC impact sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Women-led impact startups constituted a quarter of the venture capital opportunities reviewed by Giant Leap in 2022, a higher percentage than the broader VC ecosystem. VC impact investor Giant Leap released its second Impact Startups Benchmark Report ...