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The climate solutions advantage
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The climate solutions advantage

The Climate Solutions Advantage is a practical guide designed to help large organisations and industry associations champion climate action across Australia’s mid-tier business sector. Developed by the Centre for Policy Development and The Action Exchange, the guide provides clear, compelling messages to communicate the economic benefits of climate solutions.

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Superannuation Giants: A model for global financial strength
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Superannuation Giants: A model for global financial strength

Lauded by politicians and industry leaders as 'the envy of the developed world', Australia's compulsory superannuation industry has quietly become one of the world's largest institutional investors. This article, published by QIC, provides a short background on Australia’s superannuation sector.

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Ahead of the Curve: The challenges and opportunities of shifting to proactive operational resilience
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Ahead of the Curve: The challenges and opportunities of shifting to proactive operational resilience

Digital technologies have become the bedrock of modern society, and their reliability and resilience are increasingly issues of national importance. Operational resilience has moved from an IT concern to a whole of organisation priority. Read our latest report, ‘Ahead of the Curve,’ in partnership with AFR Insights and PagerDuty.

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Second generation technology: Banking on the next transformation
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Second generation technology: Banking on the next transformation

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and increased consume demand for improved digital banking capabilities, are together propelling the next generation of digitalisation in Australian retail banks. Read our latest AFR Intelligence report commissioned by NextGen, Second generation technology: Banking on the next transformation.

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Investing in a Pollution Free Ocean
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Investing in a Pollution Free Ocean

The ocean plays a vital role in Earth’s life support system, and its natural assets are indispensable to industries both on land and at sea. This discussion paper, Investing in a Pollution Free Ocean’ assesses the current landscape of actions by the business and finance sectors to address ocean pollution.

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Investment alternatives: Navigating private credit’s ‘golden age’
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Investment alternatives: Navigating private credit’s ‘golden age’

Once a relatively small part of the debt market, private credit is rapidly expanding, leading some to describe today as “a golden age of private credit”. Read our latest AFR Intelligence report commissioned by La Trobe Financial, Investment alternatives: Navigating private credit’s ‘golden age’.

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Reach Australia’s most influential business audience with AFR Insights
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Reach Australia’s most influential business audience with AFR Insights

AFR Insights sees The AFR collaborating with leading companies to provide in-depth analysis of the issues shaping Australia's future. Going beyond traditional branded content, AFR Insights connects with The AFR's influential audience through editorially independent, research-driven insights.

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Rethinking Private Equity in Challenging Markets</span>
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Rethinking Private Equity in Challenging Markets

Private equity faces tough market conditions, with IPOs and exits becoming more challenging.  'A New PE Playbook: Economic Headwinds Spur Private Equity Evolution,' explores the ways in which PE firms are adapting to a changed economic environment.

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Doing Business in Asia
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Doing Business in Asia

Doing business in global markets demands careful preparation. Asialink Business, Australia’s National Centre for Asia Capability, has published this series of essential guides for Australian businesses exporting to and investing in Asia.

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Navigating an electric fleet future
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Navigating an electric fleet future

Decarbonising transport will be a critical step towards achieving net zero emissions. 'Transition drivers: Navigating an electric fleet future’ examines the pathways to successfully managing this transition for Australian fleets.

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Financing for sustainability
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Financing for sustainability

How is sustainable finance evolving in Asia-Pacific? The Action Exchange's Georgia McCafferty authored this report, published by Westpac Institutional Bank and Economist Impact, to examine the question.

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Putting AI Governance into Practice
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Putting AI Governance into Practice

CPA Ontario's new report on building trust in new frontiers, produced in partnership with The Action Exchange, examines the promise and perils for business of procuring and using AI responsibly.

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Nature and Net Zero: Investing in agriculture
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Nature and Net Zero: Investing in agriculture

The Action Exchange asks award-winning cattle and seedstock producer Prue Bondfield about the changing nature of investing in agriculture and how primary producers are adapting to a market looking to capitalise on natural assets.

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Focus vs funding: Australia’s green hydrogen advantage
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Focus vs funding: Australia’s green hydrogen advantage

The Action Exchange’s Georgia McCafferty was one of eight global sustainability leaders invited to analyse the innovations driving global change for Springwise’s Horizon 2030 report. Here, she discusses the '‘Swiss army knife” of climate solutions: green hydrogen.

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Under pressure: A reality check for Australia’s hydrogen dream
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Under pressure: A reality check for Australia’s hydrogen dream

Fever-pitch hype and billions in funding announcements suggest Australia has a potentially lucrative hydrogen industry in development. A report by The Action Exchange and published by AFRIntelligence and Westpac asks: Is it time for a reality check?

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