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ASX sees first strike against remuneration report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... While board spills are rare, it is a powerful tool for active owners such as super funds who engage with boards and executive leadership. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recommended that shareholders vote in favour of the remuneration package ...

Fortescue Metals strengthens 2030 decarbonisation targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... changed dramatically over the past two years and this change has accelerated since Russia invaded Ukraine," said Fortescue executive chairman Andrew Forrest. "We are already seeing direct benefits of the transition away from fossil fuels - we avoided ...

Super funds more likely to recall shares for proxy votes: research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... While board spills are rare, it is a powerful tool for active owners such as super funds who engage with boards and executive leadership. Many institutional investors operate securities lending programs, in which the beneficial owner of a security to ...

Responsible investments top $1.54 trillion in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... performance, asking questions around ESG issues and how those risks are managed, in particular on climate," said RIAA executive manager, programs Estelle Parker. "That comes across in the work we do at RIAA too. So much of the working group activity ...

Integrating ESG central to C-Suite considerations: Mazars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
Integrating ESG considerations is central to future-proofing long-term value creation in business, according to Asia Pacific-based C-Suite leaders. Audit, tax and advisory firm Mazars has released C-suite barometer: Time for action, which surveyed 1,000 ...

Future Fund, UniSuper hire ESG execs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... The Future Fund and UniSuper have augmented their ESG teams, with the Future Fund recruiting a high-profile industry executive to its investment stewardship team. Karin Halliday will join the Future Fund as director, ESG and investment stewardship, the ...

No ESG drag seen in performance test results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... penalised them or that their returns outcome were below the market has been shown to be just that," said Alex Dunnin, executive director of research and compliance at Rainmaker Information. "It also shows that some of this commentary seems to have misunderstood ...

Why Australian corporations should act on biodiversity loss and management

LOUISE CAMENZULI, JULIA GREEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... significant steps being made to embed biodiversity considerations into policy frameworks. US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on 22 April 2022, which seeks to support the development of nature-based solutions to combat climate change and ...

VFMC hires ex-BHP ESG head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has hired a former BHP ESG executive for a role in its investment stewardship team. Chelsea Patten joins VMFC as manager, investment stewardship. She comes to the Victorian state fund manager from BHP ...

ACCR files additional claims in Santos lawsuit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... Santos gave us their documents, we gave them ours, we've expanded the claims owing to that material," said ACCR executive director Brynn O'Brien. "... Those documents give us more concern and therefore we've added those matters for concern ...