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Critical talent shortage could stall net zero progress: Hays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Demand for employees with "green skills" has surged in recent years, but the pool of talent has not kept pace, meaning companies have to consider how they position themselves to attract from a "small but strategically vital" talent pool. Hays notes ...

Future Fund, UniSuper hire ESG execs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... shareholders and other stakeholders, and issues including executive remuneration, diversity, succession planning, board skills matrixes, data security, and the value of non-financial performance. In 2013, Halliday explained from her perspective as corporate ...

Climate skills development needed: University of Technology Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
Insights from the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures has seen 63% of investment professionals admit their climate skills need developing. As reported by sister publication Financial Standard, Research director Alison Atherton offered delegates to ...

Governance Institute calls for proactive thinking for virtual AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... what to do before, during and after the AGM, a regulatory timeline and a logistics checklist. "We've all had to learn new skills with regards to virtual AGMs, particularly over the last couple of years between new platforms, new technologies, new ways ...

ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... one, but the sophistication of the report. New metrics introduced to Melior's KPIs include disclosure of directors' ESG skills, whether a company has a cybersecurity policy and ESG-linked management LTIs. "The other major change has been in the G - there's ...

Companies lag on digital transformation: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... have a digital transformation underway, and more than half the respondents have few, if any, directors with technology skills as part of their core skill set. Of those with no digital transformation underway, 40% said it was not a priority and 25% say ...

Does Canberra's agenda align with sustainable investment?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... $3 billion to the National Reconstruction Fund to support new-energy industries, plus $1.1 billion to go towards green skills and a "revamp of their Safeguard Mechanism - the pollution threshold that underpins Australia's carbon credit scheme -driving ...

Risk management includes expanded ESG list: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... integrated at board level and given the technical and scientific nature of many of these risks, boards will have to seek skills in those areas. "You will have people on boards more and more who really do understand how to read proper research and do ...

Australian miners top list as critical minerals demand grows: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... transparency and disclosure and reporting is something that is challenging." Small miners will have to hire executives that have skills in ESG and climate-related reporting, and companies also need to think about where sustainability functions sit, whether ...

Gap in financing solutions for refugees: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... stepped up to support refugees through a variety of interventions, including hiring; entrepreneur support; education and skills development; products and services; and philanthropy," Janakiram said. RII has developed a dataset that covers company refugee ...