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Green moves: CSIRO, Ethinvest, Social Enterprise Australia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... enterprise sector. We look at how we can best add value," Morrissey concluded. The incoming chair is the chief executive of Impact North - an organisation that empowers remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs to transform their communities ...

NAB Foundation launches Impact Investing Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The NAB Foundation created a $50 million impact fund to invest in areas that align to the bank's sustainability priorities, like Indigenous economic advancement, social and affordable housing, and the climate transition. The new Impact Investing ...

Impact investing needs instos to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
While it has gained momentum in the last 15 years, impact investing still requires major backing from institutional investors and governments for it to scale and become a formidable force, the first day of the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific heard ...

Australia can be energy transition, climate leader

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... stance, a panel of experts say. Australia has the potential to be a key player in the global energy transition, the annual Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific heard, as the US ditches ESG initiatives and sheds any trace of climate-related references ...

FAAA expands policy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The peak body for financial advisers has hired a policy and advocacy manager. Financial Advice Association Australia has appointed David Barrett to the newly created role, effective 24 March 2025. Based in Sydney, Barrett reports to the general manager ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... risk to shareholder value. "A data breach not only damages a company's reputation but can erode market confidence, impact share prices, and expose directors to potential legal liability," he said. The Cyber Security Act 2024, which received Royal ...

Disclosure of climate risks doubles in four years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The number of companies reporting on the impact of climate risks in their financial statements has more than doubled in the last four years. That's according to a review of the financial statements of the largest companies from the ASX 200, 50 listed ...

New fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Social purpose organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors ...

5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... sustainable investments based on the specific ESG terms used in a fund name; the terms being environment, sustainability, impact, transition, social, and governance. For example, funds with the 'ESG' or 'SRI' in their name will be required ...

Podcast: Understanding climate reporting

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... co-lead of HLB Mann Judd's Sustainability Steering Committee. They explore the phased approach of the new regime, its impact on small to large companies, the role of technology in easing compliance, and the broader commercial opportunities and challenges. ...