Green moves: Greenpeace, IGCC, Mirvac, PRI

The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has a new executive director, policy in Francesca Muskovic.

She will join in late July from the Property Council of Australia where she's been national policy director. She's been with the body for close to a decade.

"Francesca's record at the Property Council shows all the reasons she'll be an excellent fit leading IGCC's policy work," IGCC chief executive Rebecca Mikula-Wright said.

"She has organised and amplified the voices of a sector that is Australia's largest industry and biggest employer.

"Her exceptional networks in policy-making circles, her deep climate expertise, and her deft navigation through a complex environment have been instrumental in policy outcomes that are good for the industry and maximise Australia's climate opportunities.

"Just like the property industry, institutional investors need a supportive policy environment to manage the risks and take advantages of Australia's transition to a resilient, net zero economy."

Meantime, Nicolette Rubinsztein has taken over as chair of Greenpeace Australia Pacific after being on the board for several years.

Rubinsztein, a company director, author and qualified actuary, has long believed climate change is the most important challenge of our time.

She is chair of CBHS Health and sits on the board of Zurich Australia. Her previous board roles include UniSuper, Class Limited and SuperEd.

A former president of the Actuaries Institute, Rubinsztein was a director of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia for eight years.

Throughout her executive career, she held several senior strategy, product and marketing roles at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia/Colonial First State, BT Funds Management and Towers Perrin.

The new Greenpeace Australia chair expressed her delight at leading the board of directors calling it an "honour to work with such a brilliant team and chief executive David Ritter."

"And I'm excited to work with a fabulous board and passionate supporters to protect our greatest asset - our environment," she posted on social media.

"Also humbled by the responsibility in this critical decade."

Rubinsztein thanked her predecessors, Louise Tarrant and Jim Falk, for their excellent stewardship.

And after five rewarding years at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), Rémi Fernandez has landed a new gig in funds management.

Fernandez has been appointed vice president of asset stewardship at State Street Global Advisers, where he will focus on social issues.

At PRI, he managed human rights and governance programs covering decent work, diversity, equity and inclusion, and responsible political engagement.

During his time there, he co-authored the Decent Work Through Leadership paper and collaborated with signatories on the new and former reporting frameworks specifically how they applied to multi-asset strategies.

Before joining the PRI, Fernandez served as a sustainability consultant at Nestlé in Paris and worked as an associate at the Gerson Lehrman Group in Sydney.

Finally, property giant Mirvac has recruited a new climate and nature director.

Philip Tapsall brings 20 years of experience in institutional banking property and sustainability to the role.

Tapsall joins from Climate Valuation, a firm set up 10 years ago to stress-test property design and construction against climate-related hazards.

Before his three years with the data firm, he served as head of corporate and finance sector engagement at climate risk consultancy XDI. There, he led XDI's work with financial regulators and policy efforts related to climate change.

Tapsall joined the data firm from the banking sector.

In 2018, he worked at Westpac as the head of sustainability, governance, and advisory. In this capacity, he oversaw Westpac's sustainability strategy, governance, and reporting, as well as ESG risk management and the organisational response to key issues, including climate change and human rights.

Earlier in his career, Tapsall held a similar position at HSBC and earlier worked at ANZ as an analyst, where he focused on corporate debt, construction finance, treasury, and cash management for institutional clients.