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Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Gorge in 2020 in the Western Pilbara was a flash point in awareness of First Nations heritage and engagement issues in Australia. In May 2020 two ancient rock shelters on the traditional lands of the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (Binigura) Peoples ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
A lack of AI regulation poses a serious threat to human rights, as digital privacy is invaded, intellectual property is stolen, algorithms are trained by human bias, and discrimination and deepfake pornography proliferates the internet. If AI is not ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... between Geopolitics, Economics, and Investments'. The top geopolitical risks (and opportunities) this year are: China-Australia relations, Russian aggression, the potential for nuclear conflict, unrest in the Middle East, decarbonisation, healthcare/pandemic ...

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 ...

ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
ClearBridge Investments has launched its first global equity strategy in Australia as it looks to introduce more in the future. The ClearBridge Global Growth Fund invests in 60 to 100 growth companies and aims to deliver above-market returns. The fund ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Australians and carefully framed actions that would actually support a low carbon economy. "In our joint submission with CPA Australia to the government, we wrote that we support Treasury's efforts to establish legislation for a framework for climate ...

Investors back climate disclosure mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
A group of Australia's most influential finance groups overseeing $80 trillion have joined up in support for Canberra's proposed law to mandate climate disclosures. The Treasury Law Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill ...

Australian Ethical reaches $10 bn FUM

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... ranking among the 8% of Morningstar's ESG commitment rankings for 2024. It dominates the sustainable funds market in Australia and New Zealand, with 16.3% of the total sustainable funds assets in the region.

ISPT issues $1.5bn sustainably linked loan facility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... (ISPT) has issued a $1.5 billion sustainably linked syndicated term loan that is reportedly one of the largest for any Australia real estate fund manager. The facility is evenly split across five and seven-year tenors and has attracted participation ...

UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... scale, mature sustainable technologies to support the transition to net zero and help meet sustainable energy needs in Australia and overseas. It aims to provide diversified exposure to the global renewable sector with a growing pipeline of opportunities ...