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Upskill needed as mandatory reporting looms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability risk management, sustainable finance strategy, sustainable financial products, transition planning, First Nations and finance, and sustainable mindset. Australia's large companies and financial institutions are legally required need to ...

Canberra acts on billion-dollar net zero plan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... coordinate government and stakeholders, facilitate public and private investment, build community engagement and support First Nations. Affected workers in emissions-intensive industries get new employment and training - and workers impacted by select ...

Indigenous communities reunited with $25m in lost super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
The total superannuation found by First Nations Foundation on behalf of Indigenous Australians now comes in at $25.2 million. In 2023, the foundation reconnected First Nations people with $1.2 million, bolstering the total found. The superannuation ...

Legal loophole fail: compliance won't dodge risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
HESTA and BHP are set to pilot a new First Nations-led plan under development for the private sector, as the group behind the scheme works with Canberra to update cultural heritage laws. Investors face financial, legal and reputational risk if they ...

ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... aspects of good corporate governance including anti-corruption, international human rights, and considerations around First Nations rights and cultural heritage," she said.

Climate Change Authority releases ACCU and NGERS reviews

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... The CCA made 15 recommendations including to enhance transparency and increase Scheme participation by supporting First Nations, rural, regional and remote communities. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the government will continue ...

L'Oréal Groupe invests in First Nations-led biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... carbon credits, and regenerative agriculture. The land and biodiversity restoration project will support at least 40 First Nations employees in landscape restoration jobs as well as project support roles at Tjaltjraak. It will also enhance connection ...

Finance realignment urged as nature-positive trails 30:1

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... taking place in Dubai, has seen an emphasis on nature-positive solutions that benefit women, workers, and the role of First Nations Peoples. Although less than 5% of the world population, Indigenous Peoples protect 80% of biodiversity globally. Yoon ...

Nature Market Repair Bill passes Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Environment and Water Tanya Plibersek. "Investment in the Nature Repair Market means landholders, including farmers and First Nations groups, will get paid to improve the environment on their properties. "The Nature Repair Market will be strictly monitored ...

New advisory body for nature investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... damaged," Minister Plibersek commented. "Working alongside industry, scientists, environmental organisations and First Nations groups we will turn the tide from nature destruction to nature repair, ensuring that investments are really making a difference. ...