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Stewardship and greenwashing in spotlight at RI Australia 2023

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... and companies seeking to protect human rights and mitigate risks associated with armed conflict, and will focus on First Nations issues. Karen Mundine, CEO at Reconciliation Australia, and Phil Usher, CEO at First Nations Foundation, will speak on Voice ...

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 ...

New nature-based team for AECOM ANZ

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... architecture. The team will comprise more than 200 technical professionals across AECOM's ANZ region and engage with First Nations groups and local communities. Cathy Crawley has been named the new nature-based solutions lead in ANZ. With over 30 years ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... such as investors to understand The version also comes with further guidance on engaging stakeholders, particularly First Nations communities. There is also expanded guidance on target setting in response to feedback. The guidance for financial institutions ...

ASIC issues Indigenous Financial Services Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC has acknowledged that First Nations peoples have been "prohibited and excluded from participating in the Australian financial system," and has published an Indigenous Financial Services Framework to support positive financial outcomes for First ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... from race/ethnicity/age/experience as a disclosure metric that's going to be asked by investors." Engagement with First Nations communities around cultural heritage and closing the gap-related issues also featured in 2022. "We did talk about engagement ...

ASFI outlines roadmap for sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... significant harm criteria and the work strongly recommends in the Australian context, we would need to include respect for First Nations rights as well as a just and equitable transition," Graham said. "Integrating Indigenous perspectives and voices ...

Australia to introduce mandatory climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... be scope to grow this reporting regime to broader sustainability performance - important areas such as upholding First Nations Peoples' rights and protecting and restoring biodiversity," O'Connor said. "These matters are also front of mind for ...

Broadening impact investing - Patrice Newell

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
In this episode, we speak with Dr Patrice Newell, First Nations author, environmentalist and co-founder of Kwala, a responsible investing app that offers investors access to Australian and international companies with high environmental, social, health ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... according to BT's head of ESG and sustainability Jessie Pettigrew. "Climate change, diversity equity and inclusion, First Nations people, biodiversity - they're all areas that a group of investors have been looking at, working on and ben interested in ...