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Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... requests, investors need to approach companies together and focus on systemic and market-wide requests." A need for consistent global standards According to global professional services and management consulting firm Aon, just 25% of private companies ...

Australian wellbeing hits record low

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... all wellbeing measures. The findings are in line with the polycrisis of cost-of-living pressures, climate change, floods, global political and economic uncertainty, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian Unity Wellbeing Index bills itself as one of ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Victoria and New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. Reconciliation Australia in 2022 found that in a time of dramatic global decline in public trust in institutions, mutual trust between First Nations people and other Australians is growing and corporates ...

Graforce and Worley to scale GHG-free hydrogen gas technology in APAC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Global engineering and project delivery firm Worley has announced a partnership with German hydrogen plant provider Graforce to expand the use of methane electrolysis (plasmalysis) technology in APAC. The technology allows for the conversion of natural ...

Podcast: Capturing green returns - Mamadou-Abou Sarr

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG and carbon transition index strategy that aligns with the Your Future, Your Super performance test. The V-Square MSCI Global Equity ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition Indexed Strategy tracks the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) ex-Australia ...

No pause button on greenwashing action: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
ASIC is updating its enforcement approach to greenwashing-type misconduct in response to a global rise in sustainability-related products and product strategies. ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester this week outlined a plan for the corporate, market and ...

No room for complacency for Australia as a renewable energy superpower

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Seizing Australia's energy superpower opportunities, the latest report from EY's Net Zero Centre, which assesses the global shift to net zero, and what it means for Australia's materials and emissions intensive industries. The report identifies ...

Companies urged to act on greenwashing ahead of new ISSB framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... principal, risk advisory and ESG services of professional services firm RSM Australia, says the absence of a mandatory global sustainability framework often results in ESG reporting practices lacking transparency and reliability in a time where greenwashing ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... WWF's Living Planet Report 2022 finds wildlife populations have declined by an average 69% in the past 50 years. The 2023 Global Risks Report from the World Economic Forum found that for the next decade, six out of the top ten risks are environmental ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... represents both a strategic threat and massive strategic opportunity for Australia, as does the broader context of the global energy transition, particularly with regards to the need for planning of the electrification of everything at speed at scale," ...