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Four in five companies prefer penalties to sustainability, study finds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023  |  NEWS
New research has found that the vast majority of companies would accept regulatory penalties rather than take on sustainability initiatives. Further, the study revealed that most companies prioritise commercial objectives over sustainability, highlighting ...

CEFC doubles investment in Artesian bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is doubling its investment in the Artesian Green and Sustainable Bond fund. CEFC has increased its allocation from $25 million to $50 million. As part of the investment, Artesian is developing a new investor ...

Australian sustainable finance taxonomy to feature traffic-light system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's future taxonomy defining sustainable financial activity should adopt a traffic-light colour coded framework to allow financial products to be distinguished based on their alignment to sustainable activities. That is one of the recommendations ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... initiative 4 Day Week Global. Tractor Ventures provides non-dilutive strategic funding for Australian and New Zealand based tech companies. With a team of 17 remote workers the company has 100 companies in its portfolio and implemented a four-day work ...

Time is running out: latest IPCC report says 1.5°C is "likely"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
The Australia Pacific region is particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) giving a stark warning that the world must act now to limit the worst effects. The IPCC has released its AR6 ...

Brambles launches Australian-first circular economy green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Logistics company Brambles has launched its first green bond, with a €500 million issuance linked to the company's circular business and sustainability performance. This is the first green bond issued by an Australian company that is linked to circular ...

Women-led founders, climate tech grow VC impact sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... want to do something with purpose. "The third is that as a general zeitgeist, it is more visible the way that you can use tech and startups for social and environmental problems, and that is causing founders to start more impact businesses." Women-led ...

Fink counts the cost of "easy money" in annual letter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock chairman Larry Fink warned that dominos may be starting to fall as global economies count the price of more than a decade of easy money in his annual letter to investors. In a letter where ESG and climate change took a backseat to concerns ...

Resource-efficient companies more resilient: Impax AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Innovative companies with pricing power and companies with greater resource efficiency are expected to prove more resilient even during more a more challenging macroeconomic backdrop, according to the founder and CEO of Impax Asset Management. Ian Simm ...

Former MAS chief sustainability officer launches advisory firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... regulatory context, others who know that they need to start and are not quite sure where to start. "That's particularly where tech can come in, because you can start to gather the data based on where you are." McBain strongly backs the role of technology ...