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Human rights in business remain a challenge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... value chain's impact beyond modern slavery to broader human rights issues," UN Global Compact Network Australia executive director Kate Dundas commented. "Many businesses have undertaken a commendable amount of work to identify, mitigate and report on ...

Government commits public service to net zero by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency in government operations." University of Technology Sydney Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble questioned why the reporting framework relied on estimations. "At the highest level, having commitments is good," ...

Bank says fossil fuel exclusions "will bite" in the future

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... underwriting or investments to aid the expansion of fossil fuel extraction, production or infrastructure. Zak Gottlieb, director and co-founder of Bank.Green said Fossil Free Certification "is the simplest way to signal to customers, professionals in ...

Investors in hot seat over impact of 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... partner for the conference. Facilitated by University of Technology Sydney Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble, the climate risk simulation is designed to test how prepared investment strategies are for a specific future ...

Podcast: Investing in climate-smart agriculture - Dr Anika Molesworth

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... within the agricultural sector? In this episode of The Greener Way podcast, we hear from Dr Anika Molesworth, Founding Director of Farmers for Climate Action - Australia's biggest farmer-led climate action advocacy group made up of more than 8000 ...

Climate action both risk and opportunity to Australia: Intergenerational Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... opportunity for government, business and investors to take a whole of economy coordinated response, said Tim Buckley, director of independent public interest think tank Climate Energy Finance. "Conversation around the Intergenerational Report this week ...

Aussie farmers call for climate courage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... investment, manage physical risks, and drive real-world outcomes through corporate engagement. Molesworth is a founding director of Farmers for Climate Action, a farmer-led initiative now representing 8000 farmer members advocating for policies aligning ...

Data centre operator refinances multi-billion-dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... transactions as a Sustainability Structuring Agent, starting with their first KPI-linked syndicated loan in 2021," Deutsche Bank director of ESG APAC Kalpana Seethepalli. "With each successive transaction, AirTrunk has demonstrated its commitment to ...

Building sustainable supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... leadership and accountability; and ways to navigate a dynamically complex reporting and regulatory landscape. Brambles director of sustainability, corporate and Asia-Pacific Lachlan Feggans noted that it is incumbent upon them to manage risk because ...

Pact Group sells stake in crate pooling business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... put higher capital in, as we are putting in more cleaning facilities in Australia," said Pact Group CEO and managing director Sanjay Dayal. "That's been the positive development here, to find a partner who will work with us and do that, because the ...