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Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Peoples when it comes to where developments should occur, and capital should flow, said Halls Creek Gija man Ben Ainsworth, director of the First Nations Policy Unit of Treasury. In order to pursue activities that may impact on culturally sensitive sites ...

Investors prepare for urgent action on nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... material and cultural value. "There's a lot of work to get there and we need it to happen fast," Julia Leske, managing director and head of APAC institutional sales at ISS ESG commented. "Climate was the first cab off the rank, biodiversity and nature ...

Renewables set to dominate by 2040

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... global economies are at least five years past a peak in power generation from fossil fuels. Richie Merzian, international director of Australia's peak body for renewable energy industries Smart Energy Council, said the findings should serve to encourage ...

Investors lack clarity, rural solutions lack funding

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... will help drive positive and sustainable environmental, social and economic outcomes for rural Australia." IGCC managing director of policy Erwin Jackson said that institutional investors are currently struggling to identify opportunities in transition ...

Farm to table reporting to increase ag investment certainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... will also form a basis for a transition to more sustainable and resilient agriculture sector in Australia," Lifecycles director Tim Grant said. AgriFutures Australia senior manager of collaboration Georgie Toose said the project will bring new opportunities ...

Podcast: Hearing sustainability's future - Maria Meinert

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Joining us for this episode is Maria Meinert, director of sustainability at Cochlear. Maria is an experienced sustainability professional and part of FS Sustainability's inaugural ESG Power50 list, representing one of the 50 most influential sustainability ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... return when it comes to climate risk and opportunities, and commitments along those lines are common," said IGCC managing director, policy Erwin Jackson. "However, to meet their targets companies have to shift their operating environment, and that means ...

Two-thirds of boards lack ESG understanding: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... assessment and just 11% of directors say their board assessment processes results in the decision the not renominate a director.

Property investor GPT joins advanced RAP cohort

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in the environments it creates." GPT chief executive officer and managing director Bob Johnston said: "We recognise that First Nations engagement is an important human rights responsibility for GPT, and ...

Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Companies are grappling with the ramp-up to mandatory climate disclosure in Australia, the "biggest change in corporate reporting in a generation," with the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) publishing a guide to assist directors' ...