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IGCC names climate champions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... the prize. She has led two company engagement groups for the embattled Climate Action 100+, which the IGCC convenes in Australia. "Persephone has been a persistent and steadfast force throughout a year that has been challenging for climate stewardship ...

Climate debate shifts gears after Trump win: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... capital - seeking climate solutions, will look for places that have the right political leadership and we have that in Australia - so its now our opportunity to chart a different course." Rachel Alembakis, stewardship manager at U Ethical Investors and ...

Boards vulnerable to next wave of climate litigation: IGCC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... those have been filed since 2015 and in 55 countries. "This is not just an isolated phenomenon in particular countries. Australia has the second highest number of cases, only exceeded by the extremely litigious country, the US," Peel said. What is different ...

Australia's chance to step up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... investors are confident that Trump's threat to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and "Drill, baby, drill!" puts Australia in pole position to become a regional green superpower. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) kicked off its annual ...

Raising the bar on gold integrity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Association of Canada's Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) and the WGC, with involvement from the Minerals Council of Australia as a TSM partner association. The two projects aim to simplify the landscape around voluntary industry-led responsible mining ...

Quinbrook sells off clean energy assets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... invested in Energy Locals in 2018, and the green energy company now has more than a quarter of a million customers across Australia - representing a growth of its customer base by 11.8 times. "Quinbrook identified very early the key role community energy ...

Ausbil steps up slavery crackdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Ausbil has emerged as a key leader in Australia's push against labour exploitation. Ausbil Investment Management's high-profile ESG lead Måns Carlsson has been re-elected as a member of the NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner's Advisory Panel for the 2024-2025 ...

Green finance taxonomy in final throes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... which the taxonomy can be used. "The Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy will unlock favourable global finance to Australia's key green and transition industries," CEO of ASFI, Kristy Graham said. "As an OECD country, with a significant transition ...

Shared equity to build intergenerational wealth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... national First Nations led organisation supporting the economic and social goals and interests of Indigenous Peoples in Australia. The organisation has an extensive network with diverse First Nations communities nationwide. It works closely with Aboriginal ...

Short term thinking cripples efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Sydney on 31 October, perspectives focused on the lessons to be learned from over 50,000 years of Indigenous culture in Australia, as well as Indigenous Peoples across the world. ASFI announced a new partnership with the First Nations Projects Group ...