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Exec pay lands listed firms in hot water

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Seven ASX300 companies were hit with shareholder backlash over their executive remuneration schemes in the first half of the year, with more 'strikes' likely as the AGM season continues. Global proxy solicitor Georgeson, which analysed shareholder ...

ESG moves: S&P, UBS AM, Iress, Climate Energy Finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... reporting. "With my solid background in sustainability and Sodali's extensive expertise in sustainability advisory, shareholder intelligence, governance, proxy solicitation, corporate communications and research, I am confident that we will provide ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Woodside disregards historic investor rejection of its climate plan; the energy giant's US$1.2bn natural gas takeover negates its US$2.35bn carbon capture buy "more than 21 times over". Woodside's US$1.2bn bid for Tellurian and its Driftwood ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... lower financial performance - according to Andrew Montes, who leads the Prison Free Funds project by As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy non-profit. "Investing in private prison operators carries the risk of contributing to human rights abuses, including ...

Fossil-fuel engagements require flexibility, not confrontation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... capacity to change." Finally, Mike-Cannon Brookes bought a 11.28% stake in AGL in 2022, making him the biggest single shareholder, and blocked AGL's demerger plans. Other experts feel the same. According to Paul Oosting, chief growth officer at Acacia ...

Australian Ethical profit up 57% to $18.5m

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical's profits are up, revenue up, and dividends up, with the share price jumping by just over 6%. The fund grew its funds under management by 13% to $10.4 billion, revenues by 24% to $100.5 million, and record underlying profit after ...

Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... partnership with the Australian Government's Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC). High barrier for shareholder resolutions While shareholder activism is "very normal" overseas, it's a different story in Australia. In 2023, the US saw ...

Green job market heats up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... ACCR executive director Brynn O'Brien praised Kwan's move as "courageous" and said it is "a critical time" for the shareholder advocacy and research organisation: "We need all hands on deck." Joshua Edmunds has left the Responsible Investment Association ...

Shareholders to say 'no' to gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found. "We've waited too long for governments to act, so now we're using shareholder power to take action," said Reverend Tim Costello, chief advocate of AGR and former chief executive of World Vision ...

Woodside's US$2.35bn gamble raises doubts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The energy giant's US$2.35 billion ammonia buyout may placate many shareholders, but the high price paid has raised alarms given the yet-to-be-operational plant hinges on possibly impermanent carbon capture. Last week, Australian oil and gas company ...