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Closing the Gap in First Nations investing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... opportunities as well as infrastructure, education, and healthcare. But the area is beginning to grow - with the Indigenous business sector accounting for roughly 0.4-0.6% of Australia's GDP, a contribution in the range of $8.5bn to $12bn, in 2021. ...

Companies warned to disclose nature risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... really essential that we try and pierce that veil of opacity and trace back to the source those goods and services that business are procuring... it is similar to Scope 3 reporting." "We don't pretend these issues are a easy, but they shouldn't ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Federated Hermes. The session was moderated by Désirée Lucchese, an honorary associate from the finance department at UTS Business School and sustainability manager at MLC Life Insurance. On the topic of working with organisations outside the finance ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... "commercially smart" for businesses to act on disability inclusion, and for investors to "play their role in influencing business to care about this topic and put it in front and centre," Katie Wyatt, head of culture and inclusion at Coles Group said. ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... investment into ESG products," he said. "To equate compliance with loss of profit is effectively to say that the best business is a dishonest one," Longo commented. "It is in everyone's best interest to be compliant. When you say it plainly, a compliant ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... companies on blast, voting against their remuneration packages on grounds of underperformance or cultural issues within the business that haven't been addressed. "That's where we've used our stewardship of our members' money to really ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Consent (FPIC), bolster trust, and economic empowerment, she said. In response, the Dhawura Ngilan ("Remembering Country") Business and Investor Initiative (DNBII) reaches out to investors to do better. RIAA has come together with the First Nations Heritage ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... international leading best practice including the UN Principles for Responsible Investing (UN PRI) and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. RIAA co-CEO Estelle Parker commented: "Our research shows that stewardship is now the most used ...

Podcast: Advancing First Nations outcomes with Phil Usher

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... empowering Community to deconstruct and unpack their relationship with money. Cultural competency is vital for finance and business to better engage with First Nations Peoples. The foundation is also equipping professionals with the cultural tools they ...

ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... of growth which allows us to perform in a variety of market regimes," she said. ClearBridge Investments head of APAC business development Matt Bushby said the launch of the fund marks the next stage of growth strategy for Australian investors, flagging ...