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Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... adjustments to the final version include stipulations for companies to "describe and disclose" how they engage with Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and other affected groups not just as stakeholders but as partners, Parker said. "I think there's ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... recovery imperatives; embedding science-based principles in policy and incentives; and increasing benefits to rural and Indigenous Peoples," said ISFC executive director Ross Hampton. ISFC will work to achieve the aims of the Glasgow Leaders Declaration ...

Industy veterans named to sustainable finance taxonomy working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance; whole-of-economy decarbonisation; climate and environmental science and policy; human rights; and Indigenous rights and perspectives. The taxonomy project is designed to provide a common standard for green and transition finance ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... only first world nation with a colonial history that does not recognise its First Nations people in the constitution. Indigenous Australians account for 3.8% of the population. A date for the referendum is yet to be announced, but it is widely presumed ...

Traditional Owners to lead Pilbara renewables rollout on exclusive native title land

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... partnership between YAC and ACEN formed a new company called the Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation (YEC), one of the largest Indigenous-led renewable energy initiatives in Australia, that will develop wind, solar, and renewable energy storage projects ...

University secures $450 million sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... its new loan to social and environmental KPIs including reducing Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, improving biodiversity, Indigenous cultural safety and awareness of UN Sustainability Development Goals, gender equality, and widening participation in Science ...

Podcast: Covering the Voice campaign - with Jack Latimore

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Jack discusses discuss how he approaches covering this historic time for The Age, how he establishes sources within Indigenous communities and how people can better educate themselves as they consider how to vote later this year. More information: Megan ...

Forrest and US government back First Nations start-ups

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... collective the Blak Angels Investment Network. The project aims to facilitate more investment in First Nations start-ups, Indigenous participation in investment, and jobs for First Nations people, and encourage bilateral investment between the two countries ...

CBA invests in native seed merchant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... placed to help develop and expand Australia's native seed industry, including supporting the development of existing Indigenous-owned native seed businesses, CBA said. CBA's investment in Nindethana aligned closely with its commitment to supporting ...

Aust Post launches inaugural sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... in 2019 set its first community strategy to focus on supporting Australian-based social issues across mental health, Indigenous children's literacy and disaster support. Australia Post has committed to reducing scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 15% by 2025 ...