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Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The Australian Government has announced a National Net Zero Authority tasked with managing the energy transition and ensuring the workers, industries and communities are supported. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen made the announcement ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... economy presents both risks and rewards for investors in the transition to a sustainable, low carbon economy. At the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, advisory members of the Circular Economy Ministerial ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
A prominent Australian First Nations academic has called on Australia's business community and financial services industry to signal their support for the Voice referendum to be held between October and December 2023. In a discussion held at the ...

Jones calls for taxonomy to clarify greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... taxonomy, regulators will only be able to catch the "most egregious" examples of greenwashing in Australia. Speaking at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, Jones called the forthcoming sustainable finance ...

NHFIC to finance Build-to-Rent-to-Buy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation (NHFIC) has announced it will provide funding for an ACT pilot program which will provide 22 affordable rental Build-to-Rent-to-Buy dwellings for women facing rental stress or at risk of homelessness. ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... 2021, but has held strong amongst millennials. In Australia, though, interest still remains high: over three in five Australian respondents (63%) find the concept of impact investing appealing. Globally, Bratton Hughes says there is a renewed push not ...

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... of a forthcoming Sovereign Green Bonds program has been welcomed, with fixed income managers pointing to increased Australian dollar-denominated green bond supply and enhanced transparency as positive future developments. Last week, the government announced ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... catch, Yea reported, is then sold in markets in Asia, with a percentage exported beyond Asia - eventually landing on Australian dining tables. Legislation coming into force In response to this issue, there as been a gradual trend in anti-slavery legislation ...

UN Global Compact Network Australia hires executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... and the SDGs as well as having experience on issues like sustainable supply chains." Dundas is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has held several non-executive director positions, including at Montsalvat and as founder ...

CEFC invests $75m in Queensland recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing almost three quarters of its Australian Recycling Investment Fund to develop a flagship construction and demolition (C&D) recycling facility in Queensland. The $75 million CEFC investment is ...