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Help on the way for hidden supply chain slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... said. The commissioner is also developing a code of practice for the renewables sector with the Clean Energy Council, Australia's peak boy for the clean energy industry. In January, the Human Rights Law Centre said the commission should have enforcement ...

Fossil-fuel engagements require flexibility, not confrontation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... not the majority, and when engaging companies with the goal to phase out their core business. For example, Greenpeace Australia Pacific played a key role in urging AGL to bring forward their coal closure deadlines to 2035, 13 years earlier than originally ...

Music mecca hits the right note for nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... environmental strategies. The concept "provides companies with a way to reduce emissions while also helping to protect Australia's biodiversity, forever. One square metre at a time," Knop said. This brings Wilderlands' track record to over 100,000 square ...

Canberra to expand ACCU scheme

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
The Albanese government will step up efforts to attract converts to the Australian carbon offsets market and firm up its integrity. Last year the Climate Change Authority undertook a review of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011. ...

Australian Ethical profit up 57% to $18.5m

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... tax to $11.8m. Richard Brandweiner, former CEO of Pendal and BT Investment Management and chair of Impact Investing Australia has been appointed executive director, effective 1 September. The ethical investment manager also recorded positive net flows ...

Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... focus on climate resilience and responsible investing. Indigenous financial wellbeing organisation Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) recently launched its first ESG strategy with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing at the centre. Priority ...

Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... their intent to propose a nonbinding resolution at October AGM. Coles will receive a similar notice in two weeks. In Australia, shareholders can propose resolutions at general meetings with at least 100 collaborators. FS Sustainability understands at ...

Podcast: Investing in low-carbon, energy-efficient green buildings with Davina Rooney

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... journalist at FS Sustainability welcomes Davina Rooney on to the podcast. Davina is CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) - a group helping steer Australia's built environment sector towards highly efficient, low carbon, healthier ...

Asset manager defends climate group exit

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... independent engagement with debt issuers remain unchanged." The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), which runs CA100+ in Australia, said recent departures from the initiative came amidst continuing politicisation of ESG and did not affect Australian ...

Regulator hones in on greenwash as climate laws tighten

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... notices totalling over $123,000, and initiated civil penalty proceedings against Active Super and Vanguard Investments Australia. It also closed its case against Mercer Super, which was ordered to pay $11.3 million. ASIC's scrutiny revealed firms are ...