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Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... leaders take bold steps to ensure the super-rich pay their fair share of taxes, so we can fund essential services like healthcare, education, and climate action - and build a fairer society for all." On the global stage, Oxfam found that the richest ...

Green moves: PRI, Scientific Beta, RIAA, CA100+, Australian Unity, Net Zero Economy Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... finance, joining Australian Unity's strategy and impact team as sustainability manager to support the Australian Healthcare Property Trust in delivering its ESG strategy. Net Zero Economy Authority announced board appointments in chair Iain Ross ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... combined research and analytic skills to guide government and special interest groups on how to improve the efficiency of healthcare spending, Meanwhile, at Aware Super, one infrastructure analyst has joined the Sydney team while another has relocated ...

Responsible funds thrive despite greenwash fears: RIAA

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... investment products and funds. Other popular thematics include biodiversity, financial inclusion, quality jobs, and healthcare. Half (53%) of respondents said institutional demand was driving growth. Other factors were risk mitigation, expectations of ...

Unloved sector poised to reap rewards

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... responsible for an estimated 11 million deaths worldwide in 2017. This is a systemic risk to economic productivity, healthcare costs, and social stability. Lin calls on investors to strengthen governance practices within the sector - as bad governance ...

Ethinvest reaches $100 million milestone

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... to recycling and the circular economy, renewable energy and decarbonisation, sustainable agriculture, education and healthcare. It is one of a range of ethical funds available on the HUB24 platform. HUB24 said in its sustainability report this year it ...

Social-washing hides lapse in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... issues can be interconnected and how to assess them. "SDGs encompass a wide range of issues, from climate change and healthcare to education and inequality. Each of these areas requires specialised knowledge and understanding - largely outside the remit ...

Rural slavery risk raises ESG alarm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... particularly at risk. They face issues with working conditions, wages, transport and living conditions, gendered violence, healthcare access, and social isolation. Women are particularly at risk. Reports of violence, coercive control, and sexual exploitation ...

Exec pay lands listed firms in hot water

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... strikes against executive pay had already exceeded 2023 figures, with three more months to go. At their AGMs, Sigma Healthcare, Latin Resources, Syrah Resources, Scentre Group and Karoon Energy were all slapped a first strike while Brainchip Holdings ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... impact of these policies on the markets included a rising dollar, higher bond yields, specific sectors like banking, healthcare, energy, and industrials seeing gains due to deregulation and anticipated infrastructure projects, and Bitcoin seeing increased ...