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COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... with a focus on decarbonisation in an inclusive manner. Professor Kennedy pro-vice chancellor (Indigenous), Monash University commented: "Indigenous Peoples Day celebrates the vital role of Indigenous knowledge, leadership in climate action, and the ...

Government introduces anti-slavery commissioner legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... new efforts to tackle modern slavery through more than $42 billion worth of government department, local council and University procurement. "I look forward to working with any new national Anti-Slavery Commissioner to support each other's work - ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A major Australian university has locked in a $195 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) with interest rate savings being reinvested into an Indigenous accommodation scholarship fund and other initiatives. La Trobe University has refinanced existing ...

NGFS introduces "too-little-too-late" climate scenario

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... (PIK), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the Center for Global Sustainability at the University of Maryland (UMD), Climate Analytics (CA), and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR). It was funded ...

Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... risks. The results suggest that climate risk impacts are likely to be concentrated in specific regions and industries. University of Technology Sydney Institute for Sustainable Futures research director Gordon Noble reiterated that the strategy is welcome ...

Role for finance after No vote

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Crown land, according to Nyungar-Nyiyaparli-Yamatji woman Emma Garlett of the Sustainable Mineral Institute at the University of Queensland. And despite having a cultural connection to the land, there is a disconnect between legislated land ownership ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... and a collaboration with Bridgewater Associates, Dun & Bradstreet, Google and the McCain Institute at Arizona State University. This collaborative group has developed a tool for analysing forced labour risk within company operations called the Forced ...

Property investor GPT joins advanced RAP cohort

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Internship Programme, its Indigenous Work Shadow Pilot Program, and its Indigenous Scholarship program with Western Sydney University. To attract candidates, it will participate in the KARI inaugural Aboriginal Employment Expo, advertise that jobs are ...

Uni partnership to turbocharge innovation in CO2 product manufacturing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
An Australian university hopes to transform carbon dioxide emissions from the energy and manufacturing sectors into useful products or embed carbon into existing products. At Monash University, the Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub for ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... rate of the lowest, new research suggests. A new report by the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) shows from 2003 to 2022, the average wealth of the highest 20% rose by 82%. What's more, the ...