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AI and ESG: risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... and implementation of energy-efficient AI algorithms are required to produce systems that require fewer computational resources and therefore consume less power. The findings from this project will be published in a joint report later this year.

Assessing the risks of psychosocial safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... psychosocial safety hazards for IGO. Making sure no-one suffers in silence Safe Work Australia provides guidelines and resources on managing psychosocial hazards in the workplace - but according to Bruce, that legislation is minimum in terms of guidelines. ...

Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... provide checklists for what questions should be asked. Debelle encourages companies and investors to search for relevant resources they need to do this effectively. "We need to fill the hole where there's a collective information issue and we will ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... that aims to established bottom-up participation and consultation of Indigenous Peoples prior to development or use of resources on ancestral lands, and relates to self-determination of Indigenous Peoples. With structural issues notwithstanding, Yu said ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... know, and expect to see the same for Australian businesses." "We need to decouple economic growth from the use of finite resources," Lisa Mclean, CEO of Circular Australia and founder and director of CarbonWise said. Mclean is a member of the Ministerial ...

Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... required to reflect the particular national context, including energy demand. Scotland, Skea said, has abundant energy resources, including coal, oil, and gas, as well as huge opportunities in wind energy both onshore and offshore. Offshore oil workers ...

Holcim NZ launches low-carbon cement facility

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... progress means low-carbon cement products for homes, buildings and infrastructure. It means providing advice, tools and resources to help customers specify projects with confidence. Decarbonising construction is essential to building a future that works ...

140 years to gender parity in finance: OMFIF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... the current rate of progress. Now in its 10th year, the report surveyed 46 central banks on their gender-related human resources practices. 14% of governance/CEO professionals in the industry are now women, up from 13.7% in 2022. The share of women in ...

CEFC invests $75m in Queensland recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... including concrete, excavation material, vacuum waste and skip bin waste, diverting a significant amount of valuable resources from landfill. "This investment helps provide a solution to Australia's growing waste stream and accelerates our transition ...

Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... the big challenge is - how can a taxonomy help during this period of transition, given our markets are dominated by resources companies? Australia can certainly learn from overseas. The taxonomy needs to be credible and have impact in the immediate term." ...