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Forrest and US government back First Nations start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... African American investors and leaders in the US investment ecosystem. The Australian delegates are from Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, Cairns, and Kempsey. Ten American investors will also travel to locations throughout Australia in late ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... transition to a sustainable, low carbon economy. At the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, advisory members of the Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group on the for the Department of Climate Change ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, Jones called the forthcoming sustainable finance taxonomy a "foundational piece" of a sustainable finance architecture ...

Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... there has been in the UK on this," said professor Justine Nolan, director of the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Sydney. "It was a sense that if we're setting up a new form of regulation, then government needs to be well organised and have ...

The "Wild West" of "blue" investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... visible to economic decision-makers and policies at the Blue Solutions Summit held during the Ocean Lovers Festival in Sydney. Blue capital is hailed as being fertile waters for significant environmental and social benefits, from supporting marine biodiversity ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... the four-day work week, with Ditzell, who is obtaining a PhD on the future of work through the University of Technology Sydney, finding that the trial resulted in "favourable outcomes against all business targets. "All KPI's were met or exceeded," Ditzell ...

Australian Ethical divests from Lendlease over koala concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Concerns over the survival of a healthy koala colony in south-western Sydney has triggered Australian Ethical to divest its holdings in Lendlease Group. Australian Ethical has sold its shares in Lendlease over the planned development at Mt Gilead in ...

Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... finance strategy next year. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a consultation paper on climate risk reporting standards at a Sydney speech to the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) membership, fulfilling an election commitment. He further ...

FSI names new global head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... an RI specialist, joining FSI in October from Institutional Shareholder Services. White and De Smedt are both based in Sydney. Further, Finian Power has been named the head of ESG policy and regulation. Power was previously the head of investment management ...

Nuveen, SGCH announce separate housing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... project via Nuveen Real Estate while SGCH's affordable housing project with Lighthouse Infrastructure will expand in Western Sydney. Nuveen Real Estate will partner with Flinders University on The Switch, Adelaide Central, a 347-bed development featuring ...