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Amid economic uncertainty, "overlooked" co-ops and mutuals thrive

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... surveys show most Australians are still largely unaware of the business model - probably due to under-representation in university courses, Morrison said. She says this gap in education is "a missed opportunity to enlist the assistance of co-ops and ...

Climate change most pressing issue for APAC C-Suite: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... decarbonise. That means that 40% isn't available, but what's emerging is a rich ecosystem of start-ups and scale-ups, there's university research that's being commercialised that will provide new technologies and will continue to accelerate the cost ...

Aussie start up secures Japanese investor for seaweed production

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian businesses to attain a FutureFeed licence to commercially grow Asparagopsis and works in partnership with the University of Western Australia and Deakin University. The company services large-scale beef and dairy producers in Victoria, and ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... 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 adults across ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... scale Indigenous business, Professor Peter Yu, vice president of the First Nations portfolio at the Australian National University and Yawuru man from Broome in the Kimberley region in Northwest Australia. "We operate under an economic apartheid in this ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Reynolds, RIAA executive manager Estelle Parker, and professor of political science and associate dean international at the University of Melbourne professor Timothy Lynch discussed the differences between the US and Australian context and how the anti-ESG ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... chance at being able to capitalise on the opportunities of the energy transition." Professor John Quiggin, economist at University of Queensland said: "A transition out of thermal coal is going to occur, because the world is moving to other sources of ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... modern slavery in seafood supply chains, and how that can impact on businesses as well as affected workers. La Trobe University associate professor Sallie Yea has conducted research finding that workers on vessels owned by Taiwanese, Chinese, and South ...

Turning PV waste into investment opportunity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in the market, and regenerate nature." A new study led by the University of South Australia proposes a comprehensive PV stewardship scheme. Researcher professor Peter Majewski said incentives are needed ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... that firms with more women in the boardroom are less likely to exaggerate sustainability claims. The study, from the University of Portsmouth, Brunel University and Loughborough University in the UK looked at "environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...