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More funding necessary to fix housing crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... for the Housing Australia Future Fund, $5.5 bn for the Help to Buy scheme, $3 bn for the New Homes Bonus, $2 bn for the Social Housing Accelerator, $2.7 bn to increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 15%, and $2 bn for social and affordable rental homes. ...

ESG fund performance leans on growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Index (ACWI), the global equity index. Beyond this, it targets "a positive impact on the most important environmental and social challenges faced through both investment and engagement." The strategy "does not expose investors to excessive style bias ...

Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... bit," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. "Tonight's Budget delivers an additional $1.9 billion in loans to help build 40,000 social and affordable homes. We have also secured the national housing agreement, which would otherwise have run out." Earlier ...

Member accuses UniSuper of greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... We see Transurban as having strong business standards and practices as well as a considered approach to environmental, social and governance issues." "In our 2023 Climate report we gave Transurban our highest rating for its emissions reductions targets ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... cultural heritage. It's up to business, it's up to investors to go the difference, as in so many other areas of social endeavor, to go beyond the pathetic legislation that we have in this country to protect our cultural heritage."

RIAA launches Sustainability Classifications Initiative

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... label allows investment with intention, Chamberlayne said, and the spectrum of activities that align with environmental and social commitments. Guneet Rana, head of responsible investment at Colonial First State, said the label fulfils a need for transparency ...

Podcast: Advancing First Nations outcomes with Phil Usher

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024  |  NEWS
When it comes to advancing outcomes for First Nations Peoples, economic empowerment, accessibility, and financial literacy are at the fore. In this episode of The Greener Way, senior journalist and host Rose Mary Petrass is joined by Phil Usher, a proud ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Meantime, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chair Joe Longo said growing interest in environmental, social, and governance issues had driven the need for more thorough disclosure requirements but said the phased rollout should give ...

Proxy voting targets DEI and pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... the international equity team at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, shareholder proposals related to environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors, as well as executive compensation and director elections, are the most common reasons ...

J.P. Morgan vows $2.5 tn for sustainable development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... allocation of capital needed to fund the net zero transition is around $150 tn. In its recently released Environmental Social Governance Report 2023, the firm laid out its sustainable finance flows, as well as internal diversity and inclusion metrics ...
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