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MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... rising climate risks increasing the potential for hot-house disasters, versus promising technological progress in the clean economy transformation and innovations in policies and markets. "The scale of socio-economic change and disruption for society ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... the capital mobilisation needed to ensure Australia achieves its targets and remains competitive in a decarbonised world economy, CEF director Tim Buckley said. The banks "must expand" their financing of energy infrastructure and value-added critical ...

Competition watchdog exec first boss at think tank

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Institute as we prosecute the case for Australia to underpin its next phase of growth with the transition to a net zero economy focused on our comparative advantage. "Baethan's experience in competition issues and economic regulation is essential to ...

Canberra's new plan a winner for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... institutional investors to reach their billion-dollar climate funding targets, crowding in capital to the nation's renewable economy. "The game has changed," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. "This is not old-fashioned protectionism or isolationism ...

Rest teams up with Fidelity to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... property values that should translate into strong financial returns while helping to speed up the path to a carbon neutral economy." The LOGICs fund will focus on energy efficient assets in key markets including France, Germany, Netherlands, and the ...

DEI winner takes home top prize

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... couldn't look past it. "It's fantastic to see so many organisations - both big and small - from across the Australian economy be recognised as true champions of sustainability and social impact. "Banksia is delighted to recognise the positive environmental ...

Canberra acts on billion-dollar net zero plan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... investment, alongside $1 billion for solar that analysts claim will generate up to $400 billion of private capital. The Net Zero Economy Authority Bill 2024 sets the wheels in motion; while a second bill, the Net Zero Economy Authority (Transitional ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... need to be carefully managed, requiring extensive up-skilling across boards, organisations, the audit profession and the economy as a whole. We need to get this right and encourage a strategic rather than compliance-based mindset." "On balance the Government's ...

Key sector could boost economy by $100 billion

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... nation's $1.5 trillion GDP - that is, $45 billion in universities, research institutions, and innovative businesses, the economy would be bolstered by 42,000 new jobs. Science & Technology Australia (STA) president, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Deloitte last year indicated that generative AI would "rapidly and significantly" disrupt over a quarter of the Australian economy, impacting nearly $600 billion in economic activity, especially within professional and financial services. Deloitte lead ...
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