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New fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... loans from lenders supporting female-led businesses, initially targeting Fiji, Cambodia, Nepal, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Good Return head of Asia and impact investments Diana Tjoeng said the new fund will address the gender bias in the financial ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
A former Australian Ethical exec has circled back to the responsible investing space, meanwhile an energy giant's top science expert quits in protest over alleged unsubstantiated net zero claims. Former Australian Ethical CIO David Macri has left Mason ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... It has 10 launchpads in Japan and seven in South Korea, and last year formalised a new security agreement with Papua New Guinea. The US government's spend on defence has skyrocketed 62% since 1980, climbing from US$506 billion to US$820 billion in ...

Climate finance gets $100bn boost: ADB

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... by 40% to $36 billion. The ADB has 49 country members in the APAC region including India, Indonesia, Maldives, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. The region is facing challenges including the accelerating climate crisis, public health ...

Music mecca hits the right note for nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... over 11 million tonnes of carbon emissions across 30 countries. Projects include TEM's April Salumei project in Papua New Guinea - the largest rainforest conservation project in the country. The scheme also invests in Coorong Lakes in South Australia ...

KPMG prints first climate risk report

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... contribute to a resilient society, economy and environment." The firm now looks to expand climate reporting to Papua New Guinea and Fiji. Australian national chair Martin Sheppard said KPMG will "continue to test and modify our response to the many risks ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... descendant of the Wemba Wemba and Gunditjmara Indigenous nations of Western Victoria and New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. Reconciliation Australia in 2022 found that in a time of dramatic global decline in public trust in institutions, mutual ...

COP26 week two: impacts for Australians

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... international partner to join the scheme. Taylor said the partnership would see both countries share expertise to ensure Papua New Guinea is internationally recognised as a source of high-integrity offsets. Methane commitments bring implications for ...

COP26 week two: negotiations focus on carbon markets, reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... international partner to join the scheme. Taylor said the partnership would see both countries share expertise to ensure Papua New Guinea is internationally recognised as a source of high-integrity offsets. Gerrard is watching developments of the offsets ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... the last year to lend to projects that expand the scale of the fossil fuel industry, such as new gas fields in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, and LNG infrastructure in the United States. The resolutions follow others challenging Rio Tinto, QBE, Suncorp ...
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