October 2023
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- Hydrogen
Pressure testing Australia’s hydrogen dream
Australia’s mighty push towards a clean hydrogen-powered future has been supercharged by optimism for its potential to solve the global decarbonisation challenge.
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by Westpac
June 2023
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Biodiversity: a reckoning begins
While the world has enjoyed unprecedented global growth in recent decades, our stock of natural capital worldwide has declined.
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by Westpac
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Finding certainty in a transitioning world
At first glance, the revised safeguard mechanism with its tight timeline and kick-off date of 1 July might seem daunting in its complexity.
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by Westpac
March 2023
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- Westpac Banking Corporation
Inflation ‘a tax on the poor’: Qantas boss Joyce
Sustainable Business roundtable participants say we may be stepping into a period where it feels like inflation is going to be high no matter what central banks do.
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by Westpac
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- Westpac Banking Corporation
The hard road to net zero
Sustainable Business roundtable participants say Australian government needs to step up more while engaged in an energy race with the rest of the world.
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by Westpac
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- Westpac Banking Corporation
Protection of super and equity the hot topics
Sustainable Business roundtable participants want policy-makers to consider how superannuation can be protected from the needs of the day.
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by Westpac
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- Sustainability
Negative attitudes on corporate success ‘a threat’, say super funds
Energy transition requires Australia and the world to be on the same page. Sustainable Business roundtable participants say this is the team Australia moment.
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by Westpac
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- Sustainability
$1 trillion infrastructure boom in the balance
Sustainable Business roundtable discusses the challenges confronting businesses as they’ve had to ramp up operations after three years of being mothballed.
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by Westpac
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- Industry Insight
- Westpac Banking Corporation
Finding the opportunities in a sustainable future
Sustainability is about getting to net zero while not only maintaining our way of life and our economy — but ideally by improving them for everybody.
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by Westpac
October 2022
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Cashed-up CFOs carefully weigh options
While the nation’s corporate treasury departments find themselves in a similar position to last year, with plenty of excess liquidity on the balance sheet, their outlook has changed.
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by Westpac
June 2022
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- Industry Insight
- Westpac Banking Corporation
Building the data-driven organisation of the future
Unless decision-makers understand what the data is revealing, it has limited strategic value.
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by Westpac Institutional Bank
March 2022
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Commercial property sector enjoys post-COVID recovery
The commercial property market is highly active in both cities and regional areas, as the market responds to COVID trends such as hybrid working, shifts in demand for retail assets and strong investor appetite for industrial real estate. Scarcity of supply is helping to buoy the market.
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by Westpac
February 2022
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- Industry Insight
- Westpac Banking Corporation
Backing a progressive rural Australia
Australia’s agricultural sector has been proving that sustainable business practices are the way of the future long before it was mainstream.
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by Westpac
Westpac says employing more Indigenous staff is ‘high priority’
The bank is confident it will be able to secure an enhanced recognition of its leadership on Indigenous initiatives, despite documents showing it may have overstated the proportion of Indigenous employees.
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- Industry Insight
- Westpac Banking Corporation
Businesses are not out of the woods yet
Businesses are wary of the possibility that the pandemic may have brought about long-term changes in consumer behaviour.
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by Westpac
December 2021
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- Industry Insight
- Westpac Banking Corporation
An outstanding year of sustainable finance action
Customers are highly motivated to take on debt with positive links to sustainability outcomes.
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by Westpac
November 2021
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Corporate treasurers hold keys to post-pandemic digital boom
Corporate treasury departments look set to play a huge role in how the Australian business landscape is shaped over the next decade, as the constant state of change we’ve grown accustomed to, brought about by the evolution of the digital economy, continues unabated.
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by Westpac
October 2021
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Reforming Australia’s energy future
Australia is readying itself for a clean energy future but it’s not going to happen overnight say a number of the nation’s energy leaders.
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by Westpac
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- Industry Insight
- Westpac Banking Corporation
We need a long-term approach to energy policy and planning
Australia must direct its efforts towards reviewing, recalibrating and investing in our energy infrastructure.
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by Westpac
June 2021
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- Opinion
- Westpac Banking Corporation
Industry Insight: Plenty of room for optimism in manufacturing sector
Defence, food and beverage, and energy are sectors offering a great of deal of hope as we emerge into a post-Covid world.
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by Westpac