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Connecting capital to nature the next challenge: ASFI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the tools that we can use for that?" ASFI is coordinating the process of designing a sustainable finance taxonomy for Australia. The taxonomy is intended to provide a common standard for green and transition finance, helping accelerate the allocation ...

ASX50 lags on disclosure of political spending: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
Australia's largest listed companies lag US counterparts when it comes to governance and disclosure of political spending, according to research from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). ACCR analysed ASX50 companies on how well ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... role as the independent NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner over the last year, those risks may actually be growing here in Australia. "I've spent a lot of time over the last year listening to vulnerable workers - and in particular to temporary and seasonal ...

Reducing risk and navigating a just transition

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... workers, their families, and the community. Estelle Parker, executive manager at the Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA), said that communities on the frontline face the biggest challenges in the transition away from high-emissions ...

GRESB leader now 100% green loan financed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... commitment of global real assets to transparency and sustainability on a broader scale," Roussotte said. Frasers Property Australia achieved a 5-Star GRESB rating for the seventh year in a row, maintaining its performance in the Development (Diversified ...

Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia's critical minerals industry is seen as having an important role in the global net zero transition and in supporting Australia to become a renewable energy superpower, and investors are exploring how to invest in the trend, noted Suzy Yoon ...

CEFC allocates $100m to NSW infrastructure roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... RTN-related projects. CEFC RTN investment priorities include transmission, distribution network, and long duration storage Australia-wide. Other opportunities may include projects which reduce emissions and support or strengthen the security, reliability ...

Aware Super plugs in to renewable energy platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Energy Platform will see the fund partner to develop renewable and battery energy storage system solutions (BESS) in Australia. The allocation "complements" the fund's existing more than $2 billion investments in utility-scale wind and solar generation ...

Record climate spending for low and middle-income economies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... the Inter-American Development Bank Group, the Islamic Development Bank, the New Development Bank and the World Bank. Australia is a founding member of the ADB and a member of the AIIB. "It is encouraging to see the growth in MDB climate finance for ...

New NZ gov scraps 2030 emissions goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... down from 83% in 2000), gas (19% - up from 18% in 2021) and oil (2%). However, according to data from OpenNEM South Australia averaged 90% wind and solar over the past week - meaning the state generated enough wind and solar to meet more than 90% of ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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