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Investors and business leaders call for end to 'weak' net zero pledge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... states. "Our international competitors are rapidly decarbonising, and Australian businesses are being left behind. "We need policy settings that support rather than obstruct our progress." Signatories include Bernie Fraser, CSIRO, Morgan and Banks, Marinya ...

ESG not dead yet: Fidelity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... ways to drive positive change, with impact investing, exclusionary screening, individual company engagement and government policy and regulation among the top strategies, Tan said. "As an active manager and steward of client capital, we have a part to ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... species at risk Environmental groups are appalled, with Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) national biodiversity policy advisor Brendan Sydes saying the non-profit supports the reforms that were tabled as part of the Albanese government's 2022 ...

Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... February asking G8 to follow the Workplace Gender Equality Agency's best practice guide in formulating a paid parental leave policy. The activist investor works by gathering 100 shareholders, the minimum required to file a resolution in Australia. "In ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... adapt and engage, PRI said. It is this role that Tang steps into, overseeing signatory engagement and working closely on policy engagement with PRI's head of APAC policy Kazuma Osaki and the team. "Investors in this region are keenly aware of the significant ...

Green moves: S&P, Northern Trust, Magellan, Maple-Brown Abbott

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... technical expert group advisor to the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia's certification program and policy advocacy working group and has also worked with the Investor Group on Climate Change and Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking. ...

Trump Paris exit "bad news" for rest of world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... forge a society that is colourblind and merit based". The order to withdraw from the Paris Agreement stated: "It is the policy of my administration to put the interests of the United States and the American people first." Trump declared a national energy ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Australian billionaires earn $67,000 an hour, according to a new report from Oxfam, which is 1300 times more than what everyday workers make. The 47 billionaires based in Australia saw their wealth rise by more than 8% or $28 billion last year, the ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... citizenship, among other things. On the culture war front, Trump will also sign an executive order that declares it is the policy of the US to recognise only two sexes - male and female - and that taxpayer funds will not be allowed to be used for "transition ...

Green aluminium gets $2bn boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... here in Australia, we're well positioned to capture the rewards of the global green energy transition." The Centre for Policy Development (CPD) welcomed the announcement. "The energy transition is not just about addressing climate change; it's ...