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Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... will be shared across industry sectors, different segments of the workforce, regional areas and Australia's First Nations people. Accompanying this will be a New Energy Apprenticeships program to deliver 10,000 apprenticeships and a Clean Energy ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... said. "The Authority will also ensure workers are supported as they transition to new opportunities and support First Nations Australians to meaningfully participate," Chalmers added. This year's federal budget also highlighted the gravity of investment ...

Biggest super funds face human rights complaints

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
Traditional Owners of three First Nations and superannuation fund members have filed human rights complaints against Australia's top 20 super funds over their investments in Santos Limited's proposed Barossa and Narrabri gas projects. Yesterday ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... what is a pretty nascent/emerging market for embracing human rights risk, full stop." During the same decade, the United Nations promulgated the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which are a series of fundamental principles on business ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... pressures caused by the ageing population. Earlier access could be afforded to those with a disability, carers, and First Nations people who typically have a lower life expectancy, the report notes. It has also recommended freezing the Superannuation ...

First Super awards ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... bespoke strategy is designed to reflect the labour rights areas most important to First Super, aligned with the United Nations Global Compact Labour Principles. "We're focusing on labour rights in particular the back of a number of controversies ...

Australia leads the way in pension system sustainability: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
... sustainability of Australia's retirement income system is supported by it having a higher retirement age compared to other OECD nations. Additionally, Australia's flat rate age pension is targeted towards retirees with lower private income/assets ...

ASIC acts to combat financial inequality for First Nations people

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
ASIC has published an Indigenous Financial Services Framework to support positive financial outcomes for First Nations people. The Framework's development is the result of extensive consultations with stakeholders, including First Nations people, financial ...

ASIC permanently bans former advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... ASIC investigation which found that between November 2018 and July 2019, Goel stole the superannuation details of First Nations consumers, before submitting falsified benefit access applications or hardship applications to the superannuation funds. After ...

Alphinity debuts two funds on the ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... leading global sustainable listed companies that Alphinity deems as having a "net positive alignment" to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also exceeds Alphinity's minimum ESG criteria and offer "attractive prospective ...