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Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... credit ratings by Moody's and S&P. In Australia, the recent Juukan Gorge controversy added fuel to this concern: the mining company Rio Tinto that blew up a 46,000-year-old sacred indigenous site had been voted top mining company in corporate human rights ...

Coles signs Queensland renewable energy deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... to commit to buying renewable energy through a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement with global renewable power generation company Metka EGN, purchasing more than 70% of the electricity generated by three solar power plants in regional NSW. The significant ...

Wesfarmers director to retire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Wesfarmers has announced that Diane Smith-Gander will retire as a non-executive director of the company at the company's November AGM. Smith-Gander will retire by rotation and will not seek re-election at the 12 November election. Wesfarmers Chairman ...

Governance Institute backs recommendations for virtual AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... corporate constitutions. Some companies' constitutions do not permit virtual and hybrid AGMs - recently, Lyn Nikolopoulos, company secretary at CIMIC Group, reported that that company's April AGM was complicated by the fact that their constitution ...

Global sustainability standards bodies launch shared vision, goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... environmental, social, and governance issues reasonably likely to materially impact financial performance of the typical company in each of 77 industries," said Janine Guillot, CEO of SASB. "SASB Standards are designed to improve the quality and comparability ...

FTSE Russell enhances Green Revenues data model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
FTSE Russell has launched an enhanced Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model to measure the green revenue exposure of companies in nearly 50 markets around the world. The Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model provides investors with a comprehensive classification system ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... leadership "should not distract from the need for an independent and transparent review of all current agreements between the company and Traditional Owners." In August, HESTA released a Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities detailing its ...

Company secretaries weigh challenges, opportunities of virtual AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Planning and running a virtual AGM is a dramatically different experience from running a live event, and company preparing for forthcoming virtual and hybrid AGMs in the next few months should draw on the experience of those companies who went through ...

AGL launches electric vehicle subscription service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
AGL has made a foray into the sharing economy by launching an Electric Vehicle (EV) Subscription Service for customers. AGL is partnering with car subscription service Carbar and EV charging supplier JET Charge on the service. The EV Subscription Service ...

Australian Ethical sees further growth for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... the "early stage" of benefiting from the growth in demand for ethical products, and expects further growth even as the company recently announced record profits for the 2020 financial year. Australian Ethical reported net inflows of $660, an increase ...