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Green moves: Aware Super, BlackRock, Taylor Fry
A Housing Australia executive moves to BlackRock, while Aware Super welcomes a climate reporting and sustainability manager and Taylor Fry sees the return of a veteran actuary.
'Surreal', 'difficult' times for sustainable investors: RIAA
A leading voice for sustainable investing in the US admits the anti-ESG movement has been "difficult" and "surreal" as investors fear being overly scrutinised, the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Conference heard. There are, however, some bright spots.
EPBC Act reforms urgently needed: Industry groups
A raft of industry groups have called on the government to urgently deliver its reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, which they say is "failing on all fronts."
Young workers drive DEI in workplace: RIAA panel
The windchill of politics on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs fronts a deadly counterpoint - young professionals entering the workforce with zero tolerance for inappropriate workplace behaviour.
Native vegetation offsets in Victoria and/or the Federal offset system aim to manage and protect native vegetation and biodiversity in response to planning approvals. If these systems were rolled our beyond the planning approval obligations to a voluntary market, perhaps Business could actively (and somewhat transparently) manage and protect biodiversity in the regions in which they work. I do not advocate that it is a perfect system, but it is an existing system that puts a market value on biodiversity....which in my opinion is a positive step.