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Activist platform launches full share trading

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... previously operated on a targeted campaign model, enlisting investors to team up to pressure companies at general meetings. Australia's Corporations Act grants the shareholders of listed companies the ability to influence a board, but only with more ...

Green Moves: NorthStar Impact, Aboriginal Investment NT, Care Super

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... strategic advisor. "I'm thrilled to be joining Parents for Climate as a Strategic Advisor, helping empower parents across Australia to stand up to the blockers of climate action and support real climate solutions," said Bruer.

Podcast: Environmental impact of artificial intelligence with Prabhakar Srinivasan

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
It's fair to stay that AI is officially here to stay - it's everywhere, in our workplaces and even in our homes. However, the datacentres used in AI churns through energy and leaving behind a hefty carbon footprint, especially when we consider ...

'No' to nuclear energy, 'yes' to biodiversity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... complicates the issue, said Daniel. "The weaponisation of the rollout of renewable energy, particularly in regional Australia, is a real flash point. We have to be absolutely clear and front-footed on bringing those communities along and involving those ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey has said the super fund has been engaging directly with MinRes regarding its recent governance failures and "remains disappointed" with the company's responses. "Our concerns include that the managing director's ...

Is 'nature positive' the next big thing?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... risks, including impacts on water, air, and soil resources. The Australian Conservation Foundation reported in June that Australia could face losses of $20 billion per year in GDP by 2050 if the rapid decline of nature and biodiversity is not reversed. ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... about the musical chairs of renewable energy fund flow: If US does not become the next renewable energy superpower, can Australia be in the running? All the ingredients are there. "Australia has a natural resource endowment. We already have one-third ...

Battery storage the next energy disruptor

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... billions of dollars, with more pledged by the sustainable finance sector. Tsen Wong, head of energy transition, REI Australia at ANZ Bank, said that in the last three years alone, they've been involved in over $6 billion dollars' worth of debt transactions ...

Australia waits for 2035 target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia's past resource-driven booms. "Let's get on with the job of building a cleaner, safer, and thriving Australia."

Betashares launches first ethical bonds ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
The high-profile exchange-traded fund provider says its new fund is the first to invest fully in an ethically screened Australian bonds portfolio. The powerhouse fund manager now offers nine ethical and responsible investment ETFs - a total of $5.6 ...