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Aussie start up secures Japanese investor for seaweed production

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Australian seaweed start-up Immersion Group has attracted investment from a Japanese investor to ramp up production of a native seaweed species that reduces the methane produced by ruminant livestock by up to 98% when added to feed. Methane from livestock ...

ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Oration, an annual event held by the Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) next week. McBrien, an Australian who is based in London, has played an active role in establishing and overseeing the work of the ISSB. For more than ...

Aust Post launches inaugural sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... bond, a $100 million issuance with the use of proceeds linked to environmental and social projects. Issued under an Australian Medium-Term Note (AMTN) program, the funds raised will be used to assist Australia Post in delivering on its 2025 Sustainability ...

Podcast: Actionable Insights on ESG - Julia Leske

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... ISS ESG, to talk about ISS ESG's recent global thought leadership report, Actionable Insights, and the specific Australian and New Zealand aspects that companies and investors have on their agenda. For more information on the report, click here.

Giant Leap completes fundraise for second impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Leap fund, which raised $15 million. To date, Giant Leap has secured over $65 million across its funds to invest in Australian impact startups. Giant Leap defines an impact startup as one that "has a tangible environmental or societal benefit embedded ...

RIAA launches armed conflict toolkit for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... of international humanitarian law (IHL), noted Fauve Kurnadi, a legal adviser on international humanitarian law at Australian Red Cross. Kurnadi contributed to the development of the RIAA toolkit. "The purpose of IHL or laws of war is really to regulate ...

Assessing the risks of psychosocial safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... relationships, workload, and organisation, are interrelated and share a lot of variance with each other. According to the Australian government's People at Work, 48% of employees believe workplaces are mentally unhealthy. Mental health concerns have ...

Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... can create an "accumulation effect" that expends valuable time, noted Mark Rigotti, managing director and CEO of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Rigotti argued that at 3900 pages, the Corporations Act 2001, Rigotti argued, is overly complex ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... record and that young people and low-income Australians, as well as those without secure work, are worse affected. Australian Unity and Deakin University released the Wellbeing Index 2022 Report, which measured the subjective wellbeing of over 2000 Australian ...

30% women a minimum for boards under new ACSI policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... companies that do not have a minimum of 30% women in board positions face votes against male director re-elections as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) updates its voting policies for members. ACSI's new voting policy takes effect ...