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$20.5 billion cash infusion for Australia's green bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The federal government has allocated an additional $20.5 billion to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), with the first $11.5 billion on its way. The CEFC has also received three new investment priorities as the result of government legislation ...

Greening the 2032 Brisbane Olympics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The 2032 Brisbane Olympics are an opportunity to set "a new sustainable paradigm" and transform the way infrastructure is designed, built, operated and maintained, according to AECOM and the Infrastructure Sustainability Council. The consultant and ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... planet." Esther Kerr, CEO of Wealth and Capital Markets at Australian Unity said the mutual company welcomes the Federal Government's commitment to implementing a wellbeing index alongside traditional economic measures. "While wellbeing is realised by ...

Renewable energy, climate in spotlight in Federal Budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Tuesday night. In addition to action on climate, the Budget also included an $8 million allocation to establish a federal government Anti-Slavery Commissioner, a move that would confirm widely held presumptions that that reform to the existing Modern ...

NHFIC to finance Build-to-Rent-to-Buy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... maintain the program on a long-term basis. This is the first program to be announced in the ACT following the federal government's widening of the NHIF to fund social and affordable housing. The Build-to-Rent scheme is a controversial solution to the ...

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... taxonomy. "Pending the completion of work by ASFI to develop an Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, the federal government and AOFM should refer to credible, science-based criteria for UoP such as those contained in the Climate Bonds Initiative ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... its response to the Modern Slavery Act review that mandatory due diligence be introduced. The results of a federal government review into the first three years of the Modern Slavery Act is imminently expected, and many stakeholders have contributed to ...

$500bn investment needed to decarbonise NEM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It is possible to decarbonise Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) in line with the ambition of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, but it carries a price tag of nearly half a trillion dollars of investment between now and 2050. The Clean ...

Modern slavery, just transition, tax key themes: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... its ambitions," van der Werf said. He believes Australian corporates are far ahead with commitments than the federal government. "The larger that gap, the bigger the issue also for those corporates to deliver on those, because they don't find the ...

Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... 90 businesses on the impact of Australia's Modern Slavery Act and necessary reforms to the regime. The federal government has been conducting a review of the Modern Slavery Act, and it is widely supposed that the legislation will be reformed to further ...