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Podcast: Regenerating Aussie agriculture from field to plate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... food products and brands that aim to produce nutritious food at accessible prices as well as nurture the planet back to health. You know, the low-hanging fruit!

Legal changes put sexual harassment on par with workplace safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... workplace," Cody added. A spokesperson Safe Work Australia (SWA) commented that sexual harassment is now considered a workplace health and safety hazard, and any employer has a "duty to eliminate or minimise risks to workers' physical and psychological ...

Record number of soil ACCUs issued for Queensland graziers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... on the soil carbon sequestration. However, by focusing on developing better grazing practices and improving ecological health, we were able to increase overall carbon stocks across the project area," she said. "That demonstrated to us that soil carbon ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Climate change, gender equality, decent work, and natural capital and biodiversity loss are priorities for one major Australian superfund when it comes to the 2023 ASX300 AGM season. HESTA, which has approximately $76 billion in assets under management ...

Warakirri AM properties certified sustainable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... strategies from asset managers such as ourselves. The standard is built around 13 principles: Sustainable Agriculture; Soil Health and Conservation; Protection of Water Resources; Protection of Crops; Energy Use, Air Quality and Climate Change; Waste ...

Higher ESG means stronger ROI: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... outperformed laggards across all major geographic regions and for most industries studied, except for Consumer Staples and Health Care. This contradicts the claim by some market analysts that the outperformance of ESG investments is primarily driven ...

Australian Unity inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... lifelong wellness, with $802 million in value aligned to better access to healthcare and $180 million attributed to improved health outcomes; strong communities, with supporting living in place generating $317 million in value and leading social innovation ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... valuable to FRRR. Her perspectives and insights from having worked in big firms, in the public sector and for an NFP community health organisation, coupled with her past operations management experience, mean that she is well qualified to support us ...

Bank says fossil fuel exclusions "will bite" in the future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... of what is considered exposure narrows. Teachers Mutual Bank Limited (TMBL) and its five brands (Teachers Mutual Bank, Health Professionals Bank, UniBank, Hiver, and Firefighters Mutual Bank, formerly Fire Board NSW) are the latest to be Certified Fossil ...

Investors in hot seat over impact of 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... chains. The farmer is telling the story about the impact on fresh fruit and veg and how heat is impacting livestock. The health worker is demonstrating what the science tells us - every degree of temperature increase has an increase in mortality and ...