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Calls for transformation, climate skill in AGL board renewal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
The pending departure of the CEO and chair and other AGL board members highlights an urgent need to bring both climate change and company transformation experience to the refreshed board, according to recruitment and governance experts. Earlier this ...

HESTA first super fund to oppose AGL demerger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Industry super fund HESTA will vote against a proposed demerger of energy utility AGL, becoming the first super fund to state their proxy voting intentions in public. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger, as reported ...

RIAA tapped to run TNFD consultation group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... RIAA is leading including through its Nature Working Group, and partnerships with the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. "We're already working on TNFD through the Nature Working Group and we've also been working more widely ...

ISPT launches sustainable furniture scheme, diverts waste

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... fund. ISPT's ESG strategy to 2025 includes environmental KPIs in terms of emissions reduction, renewable energy usage, water conservation and reuse, waste reduction and other resource efficiency, but repurposing fit-out waste is not included in those ...

More women on boards, but cultural diversity stagnating: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
More women are taking director roles, but a shrinking number of women are holding female-occupied seats, raising concerns about overboarding, according to research from the Governance Institute. The Governance Institute has released its latest Board ...

Australian Shareholders' Association issues net zero policy for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Shareholders' Association (ASA) has issued its first ESG and climate change policy, calling on ASX200 companies to commit to net zero by 2050. In its first climate change policy, the ASA called upon ASX200 companies to align their ...

AXA IM launches two sustainable funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... energy transition and resource optimisation such as low carbon transport, renewable energies, responsible agriculture, food, water protection, natural resource preservation and recycling and waste reduction. "We believe businesses that continue to innovate ...

ASX boards need to "quickly evolve" on ESG skills: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... good way of thinking about it," she said. "This isn't just for board renewal, but other ESG factors - emissions, gender, a water or water management target. We have an advocacy management framework which we set up two years ago, and we track every conversation ...

Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... wide range of impacts, are geographically specific and contain a number of risks, including deforestation, land clearing, water, pollution and other considerations, which makes it complex. The TNFD approaches this with a location-based approach, Williams ...

Alcoa alumina refining project receives ARENA funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... calciners would allow for residual energy, currently lost as steam, to be captured and reused, which Alcoa notes would save water and negate the need for stacks to vent the steam. "We are the lowest carbon intensity alumina producer in the world, and ...