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Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Bennett as a non-executive director. Bennett, a Wiradjuri woman, focuses on supporting the financial wellbeing of First Nations peoples. Firesticks is an Indigenous-led organisation which implements Indigenous land management practices such as cultural ...

Investors zero in on nature, human rights nexus

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... welcomed the framework. "For Australia, the human rights and nature nexus is particularly important given our countries First Nations Peoples," Julia Leske, ISS ESG managing director and senior consultant ESG strategy said. Around the world three people ...

Investors welcome Future Made in Australia bills

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... production tax incentive for hydrogen and critical minerals, which allows Indigenous Business Australia to invest in First Nations communities. Specialist global investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners said the bill is critically important ...

Shared equity to build intergenerational wealth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... partnerships with industry and government on renewables and extractive projects where there are shared interests. First Nations Projects Group (FNPG) and the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) this week announced a partnership to create ...

Short term thinking cripples efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
At the Australian Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) annual summit, a strong theme was teachings from First Nations philosophies and the overwhelming concern that the finance sector is not forward-thinking. Held at the Hilton Sydney on 31 October ...

Green finance lags as planet on high alert

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... of financial reporting to help make use of information from climate disclosures; and equitable partnerships with First Nations communities," said ASFI senior program manager Purdie Bowden.

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... cultural heritage protection including intangible heritage that is inclusive of Free, Prior and Informed Consent for First Nations peoples." The importance of human rights in biodiversity strategy is also emphasized by the IGCC in its new guide for finance ...

Canberra to expand ACCU scheme

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... and enforcement structures. It made 15 recommendations, including to strengthen transparency and participation by First Nations, rural, regional and remote communities. Canberra has agreed to the recommendations, with work underway to implement parts ...

Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... security, integrity and business ethics, and responsible lending and investing. IBA chair Eddie Fry, a Dagoman man, said First Nations values and world views provide a strong blueprint for sustainable development. "We are witnesses to the urgency for ...

Green job market heats up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... non-executive director in July. She'll continue to direct Alinga Energy Consulting and sits on the steering committee of the First Nations Clean Energy Network. Edwina Kwan, an international arbitration lawyer, became general counsel for the Australasian ...
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