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This was helped by moves by President Biden in the US to re-join the Paris Climate Accord after former President Trump exited it during his presidency. “Industry funds have said they are seeing a seismic shift in the last month, there has really been a movement and this is driven by the US. The US are starting to get serious on it but Australia has been ignoring it,” Aked said. “There has been discussion in Australia on ESG parameters but we need to get harder on this and show we are compliant which means being 30% below the carbon intensity benchmark [on greenhouse gas emissions] and r...

“For too long, there’s been no consistent approach or standardised metric to reporting on an investment fund’s net carbon footprint,” the fund said. “This has led to distorted data, confusion and businesses simply putting it into the ‘too-hard to do' basket.” Future Super had been carbon negative since 2018 and aimed to use these learnings to help other businesses achieve the same result. Its member base more than doubled in 2020 as consumers switched to ethical finance options and voted with their wallets. “The year 2020 needs no introduction. We lived through catastrophic bu...

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We are taught from a young age that periods are a private, if not shameful, issue. But with women’s labour force participation on the rise, these old attitudes have to change if our workplaces are to be productive and inclusive.

Australia is emerging as a global leader on menstrual and reproductive health leave, but the policy is hotly contested. A research team at the University...