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The value in securing critical mineral supplies

STEFAN HANSEN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Australian Share Income Fund is Iluka Resources. This company is one of few miners globally whose products are all considered of high strategic importance. These products include zircon, titanium, and a growing position in rare earths. While rare earths ...

New nature-based team for AECOM ANZ

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Global infrastructure consulting firm AECOM has announced the creation of a specialized team dedicated to delivering nature-based client solutions in Australia and New Zealand. The ANZ-based team aims to address complex problems related to climate change ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... factory in Bangladesh, which you can enter, it is very hard to get access to the fishing industry in Thailand... it is still high risk." The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was that migrant workers, who have always been vulnerable to exploitation, are ...

Hybrid working can reduce carbon emissions by up to 90%

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
A new study has confirmed that hybrid working can facilitate major carbon savings, cutting down on carbon emissions caused by the building and transport sectors. Hybrid working models are becoming increasingly attractive to employees. In a recent study ...

140 years to gender parity in finance: OMFIF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It will take more than a century for central banks and other financial institutions to reach gender balance in leadership, according to the Gender Balance Index 2023. The index, released by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... 22,000. "Workers are eating into their savings," he said. "That's an ongoing issue." Bangladesh has also experienced high rates of inflation, increasing the strain and causing social unrest, a further risk for companies and investors, Carlsson said. ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability strategies, as resource challenges are threatening to compound previous risks. Risk of greenwashing is of high concern for executives, with 87% of respondents looking to incorporate better measurement into their organizations to help make ...

IGCC calls on government to boost Aussie green industry

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Innovation' provides a snapshot of international best practice. Key recommendations include: set sector transition plans for high-priority climate sectors to stimulate demand for low-carbon products, update the mandates of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... uses technologies including proprietary methods developed and patented by the company to convert organic waste streams to high value biogas and Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) that is sold to customers under long term contracts. PurposeEnergy has a pipeline ...

Reducing carbon emissions without affecting tracking error: Realindex

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... value strategies can be implemented along with our net zero commitments," Walsh said. "Given our value strategies have quite high tracking error, do we believe we can have limited impact on the value strategy while reducing carbon intensity and so keeping ...