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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 ...

Fixing Australia's complicated carbon market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... we say to customers is think about the circumstances in which you're using offsets," she said. "It should not be the first thing you do, it should be the last thing you do in terms of decarbonising your business. "Think about what carbon credits ...

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 ...

COP27 preview: loss and damage, action on commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... manager, policy, advocacy and member mobilization at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). "The first is that the Egyptian presidency's focus will be on implementation. They were very keen to stress to parties and non-state ...

Australian miners top list as critical minerals demand grows: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... "[The mining sector] has always had to deal with social license to operate with regard to local communities and First Nations people - some may argue that in some cases more successfully than others - but it's not new territory for them, and there ...

HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... forward unless we properly recognise and respect our Indigenous people and communities," Cope said. Under UNDRIP, First Nations people's rights must be protected, experts have singled out the principle of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) as ...

SGCH publishes first impact report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... standard, double glazing and central heating are standard, but not here. In the UK context, there's nothing about First Nations peoples, so there's no link there about where people have a Reconciliation Action Plan and commitments there. That's important ...

Conscious Investment Management adopts Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... scope of activity outlined in the RAP, over the next year CIM will increase its understanding and recognition of First Nations histories, knowledge and rights through cultural competency training, as well as increase First Nations supplier diversity ...

HESTA's former head of impact launches consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Gorge, pointing to the existence of the company's Reconciliation Action Plan outlining steps to progress the voice of First Nations Peoples, while simultaneously relying on agreements with Traditional Owners that specifically banned them from speaking ...

Magnis appoints Global Impact Initiative founder to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Global Compact," according to the UN Global Compact. GII recently launched the Global Gender Equality Fund is the world's first, actively managed, impact investment fund focused on women and girls. Magnis has also announced the appointment of Claire ...