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Deputy chair appointed to ARENA board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... chair. O'Gorman was first appointed to the board in 2023, bringing a wealth of experience from time spent with the World Bank, Clean Energy Financial Corporation, and other government and public policy roles. Meantime, Stephen McIntosh has also been ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... of the global population are being crushed by the enormous wealth of a tiny few," Morgain commented. Conversely, the World Bank calculates that the number of people living in poverty has barely changed since 1990. Another Oxfam poll of 2902 millionaires ...

World Bank exit policy gets thumbs up from local experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... 80-year history. The new policy builds on the Sustainability Policy of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - the World Bank's lending arm. It aims to mitigate environmental and social harm when making decisions about exiting investments. The ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... world in 1978, saw GDP growth average over 9% per year and lift 800 million people out of poverty, according to the World Bank. Whilst GDP growth has cooled in recent years, the US is adamant on containing its biggest rival. The Stockholm International ...

Green jobs: Societe Generale, Iress, U Ethical, CDP, TISFD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Arunma Oteh is an academic at the University of Oxford and former treasurer of the World Bank. Gabriela Ramos is assistant director-general for social and human sciences at United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

Olympics flame sparks $10bn pledge to sports equality

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... subsidiary Proparco, and Expertise France - will invest EUR500 m. Proparco and IFC - the private arms of AFD Group and the World Bank Group respectively - will partner will Helios Sports and Entertainment Group to ramp up sports funding in Africa. "AFD ...

Ex-Moody's chief rejoins standards setter

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. This comes as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the IFRS Foundation, recently signed an agreement to strengthen sustainable capital markets by improving sustainability ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... every industry and economy, with women accounting for 42% of the global workforce and 31.7% of senior leaders. The World Bank estimated that closing the gender gap in employment and entrepreneurship could increase global GDP by more than 20%. "The slow ...

Climate group exodus unlikely to hinder climate action: IGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... The firm told FS Sustainability its policies will continue to be informed by the Equator Principles, alongside the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. FS Sustainability reached out to the other three major US firms that exited the Equator ...

WEF to unlock US$2.8 tr clean energy investment in global majority nations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... a recent report produced by the International Energy Agency, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the World Bank. Also at the WEF annual summit, leaders were called upon to demonstrate responsible leadership and cooperation in addressing ...
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