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Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... confirmed it will offer 12 weeks of employer funded paid parental leave for their 1656 Australian-based staff - 94% of which are women. Conversely, Premier Investments will have no intention to introduce paid parental leave. Chair Solomon Lew said: "We ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) and deputy chair (industry and policy) for the national committee of Women in Economics Network (WEN). Tang has previously also been involved in circular economy standards-setting at the International ...

Green careers in silent crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... site led by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, also found that three-quarters of practitioners are women. Many respondents cited greenwashing within their own organisations, describing unachievable targets, insufficient resources ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... financing to Nadara, one of Europe's largest renewable independent power producers. Lisa Annese became CEO of Chief Executive Women (CEW) after leaving the Diversity Council of Australia after a decade at the helm. "I am so proud of everything that we ...

Permanent disablement claims for mental health explodes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... rising exponentially in our community. No one wants this to be their story," she said. Men are nearly 60% more likely than women to be permanently disabled due to mental health conditions, a disparity the report suggests may be linked to behavioral differences ...

Banksia Foundation names winners of the 2024 NSW Sustainability Awards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... energy powered and reducing total carbon emissions by 35% in 2022/23. Placemaking Award - Bridge Housing's Glebe Aboriginal Women's Housing Project Bridge Housing's Glebe Aboriginal Women's Housing Project was celebrated for delivering 20 sustainable ...

Betashares launches first ethical bonds ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... practices. The ETF will also exclude companies based on evidence of human rights violations, as well as where there are no women on the company's board of directors. It also applies a partial exposure limit (33% of total gross revenue) to the production ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Israel war on Gaza, now in its second year, has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom are children and women. International medical journal the Lancet analysed this as a massive undercount, predicting the death toll was as high as ...

UN PRI bolsters APAC expertise

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Wallwork. Based in Sydney, Tang has a notable background including at the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI), Women in Economics Network, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), NSW Circular the NSW Environment Protection Authority ...

Rural slavery risk raises ESG alarm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... working conditions, wages, transport and living conditions, gendered violence, healthcare access, and social isolation. Women are particularly at risk. Reports of violence, coercive control, and sexual exploitation by female workers in the Pacific Australia ...