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Cannon-Brookes backs rural climate fund

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... for "green" investors to pile into. The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) has awarded nearly $280,000 for community-led climate solutions projects in remote, rural and regional communities. The 16 grants will help locals decarbonise, adapt ...

Family businesses see ESG driving future: Grant Thornton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... and their sustainability initiative are about creating a legacy not just for their business or family, but also their community around them." Buy-in on sustainability has a gender bias Approximately 60% of women in family businesses recognise the benefits ...

New Forests invests in Thai peat forest

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Bangkok. New Forests has established a local entity, Restore Nature (Thailand), to work with the Thai government and local community groups to design and implement a project that "aims to raise the ground water table in select areas through the construction ...

Climate tech gets funding boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... challenges, from cleaning up the environment to making childbirth safer. "These are practical benefits that help our whole community, creating new business opportunities and secure, well-paid jobs in the process." Kevin Moriarty, executive chair of 1414 ...

FS Sustainability opens final voting round for ESG Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Management and FS Advice - The Australian Journal of Financial Planning, as well as the broader Australian business community will have a say in recognising the breadth and diversity of professionals who are actively shaping the agenda and implementing ...

Amazon's Queensland operations to run off solar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Australia, which the company says has been the catalyst for an estimated $467 million of economic investment in the community from 2020 to 2022. The wind farm in Woleebee, Queensland, is Amazon's first renewable energy project in the state. It consists ...

Stewart Investors joins Responsible Minerals initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... executive director Jennifer Peyser. "We value their insights and leadership as we scale the network to support the investor community and its role in driving responsible minerals supply chains and a just green energy transition." This collaboration with ...

Greg Combet to depart Net Zero Economy Agency for Future Fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... seemingly overwhelming accepted that significant decarbonisation of the economy is now on the agenda and the investment community," Combet said at the Carbon Market Institute Australasian Emissions Reduction. "It is encouraging to see business leaders ...

Guide to identify and manage modern slavery for NSW entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... slavery risks in the supply-chains they purchase from. This will reduce modern slavery risks here in NSW, making our community safer and our economy more sustainable." The framework and supporting guidance is intended to give public buyers in NSW greater ...

Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... enable investment in UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) -aligned impact activities focused on climate action, community engagement and livelihoods. Geoffrey Seeto, head of emerging markets at New Forests said, "While the fund is now closed to ...