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Canberra's new plan a winner for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Albanese's Future Made in Australia Act is a much-needed signal to promote competition, resiliency, productivity, and attract capital, investors say. The new on-shore manufacturing laws give the green light for superannuation funds and other institutional ...

Social impact groups bolster leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... the world's largest anti-slavery organisation, has appointed a new Australian CEO. Plus: award-winning sustainable fashion house The Social Outfit gets new head of impact. David Braga has been appointed to lead IJM Australia. With more than 30 years ...

DEI winner takes home top prize

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... National Banksia Award; it's the first time a nomination in the DEI category has taken out the top sustainability prize. The fashion house The Social Outfit provides employment and training to people from refugee and new migrant communities via an ethical ...

Call for investment to spur ethical fashion education

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... modern slavery, with 80% having knowledge of the concept. More than half of Australians are aware of the term ethical fashion, up 3% since 2021. Almost half agreed that they've probably purchased products that have been made with modern slavery and 75% ...

Nearly a quarter of Australian bank debt has nature-related risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... stakeholders. We are delighted Forico has taken a leadership position in reporting on climate and nature issues in an integrated fashion, and we look forward to more organisations taking a similar approach building on their existing climate reporting ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... 49% of global respondents believe they have the capability to report on sustainability performance in a timely, reliable fashion, 41% of Australian respondents feel the same. Australia has a below-average ranking in data analysis, reporting and performance ...

CPA's putting the 'S' in ESG: How does Canada compare?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... they've improved these factors quarterly." The ISSB's expectation is that data must be reported in an integrated fashion to the same standard as financial data, Phillips said - but the challenge is that those who sign off are not ESG consultants ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... facing many Australian companies through their extended supply chain. Baptist World Aid has released its 2022 Ethical Fashion Report, examining the human rights policies and practices of 120 companies representing almost 600 brands, with this 2023 special ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... construction. We can fund that rollout. "Thereafter, we will go after the food sector in the US in a fairly aggressive fashion and look at it from a five to eight year time horizon."

Push for greater ESG alignment in C-Suite pay

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... current executives probably won't be around then, so the short-term signposts start to get us there," King said. "You could fashion arguments that it should fall into STI as well as LTI." Part of the discussion of how to align executive remuneration ...
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