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Building sustainable supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Global supply chains can create business efficiencies but also leave companies vulnerable to environmental and social risks, meaning that greater transparency is key to mitigating participation in unsustainable activities. This is one of the key messages ...

Pact Group sells stake in crate pooling business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Integrated plastic recycling, reuse and packaging manufacturing Pact Group will sell half of its crate pooling business for $160 million to create a strategic partnership to grow the wash and distribution business. Morrison & Co, a global infrastructure ...

How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... (AI), investors can potentially reap the rewards from a plethora of efficiency-maximising opportunities to automate core business processes in the companies they invest in. But are also faced with new and ever-evolving risks. From cybersecurity and privacy ...

Standard Chartered Bank gets first head of social sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability at Standard Chartered Bank. She will drive commercial social sustainability pillar from Singapore, leading new business and partnerships to boost the bank's social impact. She compliments the sustainability team under chief sustainability ...

Woodside sells 10% of $16.5b Scarborough LNG to Japan investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... world-class project," she said. LNG Japan CE Kyo Onojima said the strategic relationship will allow LNG Japan to explore business opportunities in the energy sector with Woodside.

Active Super to face court over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Global Aggregate SRI Exclusions Float Adjusted Index and "Vanguard claimed the index excluded issuers with significant business activities in a range of industries, including those involving fossil fuels. "However, ASIC alleges that ESG research was ...

Renewables round up: BlackRock launches US$1.9b NZ renewables fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
One of the world's largest investment firms has announced a $2 billion fund to invest in New Zealand clean tech towards 100% renewable electricity generation by 2035. The country's energy mix currently consists mainly of hydropower, geothermal power ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... resilience to "systems level risk" caused by inequality and destruction of cultural heritage. RIAA sponsors the Dhawura Ngilan Business and Investor Initiative which Parker said works to align corporates with the aspirations of First Nations peoples. ...

Revenue recycling carbon tax would increase Australia's GDP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... ACCUs or are fined. Report author Mona Mashhadi Rajabi, postdoctoral research associate at the University of Technology business school, said that the Safeguard Mechanism should have used a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to estimate the impact ...

Fidelity creates chief sustainability role, plus new chairs for IPCC and PRI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... overarching sustainability strategy - setting policy and governing delivery of our sustainability commitments across our full business operations." Fidelity appointed Emilie Goodall as head of stewardship in May to support ESG analysis and engagement ...