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More companies reporting on SDGs, but climate clarity needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... by Australia's top 150 companies, but disclosure on climate action lack clarity, according to new research from RMIT University. The research study from RMIT University and CPA Australia on the top 150 Australian public-listed companies (ASX150) looked ...

Fund manager sets gender diversity target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... the targets were ambitious but achievable. "Commitments such as these hopefully send a message to school students, university career counsellors, and even parents, that the asset management industry wants to provide exciting and rewarding career opportunities ...

Fostering equity, inclusion key to diversity gains: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... with practitioners and a review of leading organisations. Regnan also proffers a model based on research from Cornell University that they believe can measure and enhance DEI - the three pillar approach is grounded in equitable employment practices ...

Carbon capture and storage questioned after Chevron result

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... hydrogen are important parts of the solution. However, John Curtin Distinguished Professor Peter Newman from the Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, called the results of the Gorgon CCS project "a turning point in history, in the demise ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Whitehaven Coal and the former leader of the National Party. He stepped away from his appointment as the chancellor of University of Newcastle last week, a position he was named to on June 4. Environmental activist group Market Forces last week launched ...

Wesfarmers taps former Coca-Cola Amatil exec for board role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Australia, a non-executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies and has been announced as chancellor-elect of the University of Tasmania and will join the board of CSL Limited on 19 August 2021. She has previously been a non-executive director ...

Role of oil and gas in net zero emission future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... exports will peak and when they will start to decline." Scott Tinker, director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, and State Geologist of Texas, reminded the audience that access to reliable energy sources is key to ...

SGX CEO calls for increased international collaboration on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Loh also said the focus should be on building a resilient ecosystem, wheresustainability ...

$515 million sustainability loan anchors seaport refinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... high risk is identified; to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander student internship program with The University of Newcastle; to achieve accreditation of a number of mental health first aiders in each company department; and to demonstrate ...

SGX-listed companies improving sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Small-cap listed entities posted the largest increase in average scores - 13 points, followed ...