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Shared Value founder heads up regional alliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... regional collaboration efforts. Steel now announces she has joined the South East Councils Climate Change Alliance (SECCCA) as CEO effective February. SECCCA is a collaboration of nine councils in Victoria's south-east taking a regional response ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... energy transformation. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) welcomed the development. Managing director and CEO Mark Rigotti said the rules will incentivise organisations to make high quality, comparable, meaningful, and useful climate ...

Larry Fink letter urges pragmatism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
The BlackRock CEO's annual letter waxed poetic on the old age question, fear, and the savings strategy of stuffing money under mattresses. He also said the energy transition is not a straight line and requires "pragmatism". This means Larry Fink believes ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... stewardship council, engaging globally on risks and opportunities in sustainable finance. Also appointed is Hiro Mizuno, founder and CEO of financial services firm Good Steward Partners. He also advises index provider MSCI and is ex-special envoy to ...

Legal loophole fail: compliance won't dodge risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... legislative standards and implement leading practice for cultural heritage as defined by First Nations peoples," Muir added. RIAA co-CEO Estelle Parker said investors are increasingly aware that the destruction of First Nations' cultural heritage poses ...

Deutsche Bank links 33% of long-term bonuses to non-financial targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... volume of €400 million - at least half of which has been earmarked for financing clean energy. In a letter to stakeholders, CEO Christian Sewing said the bank will continue its target of €500 billion by 2025, despite the recent slow-down in growth ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... pressure is on for financial institutions to walk the talk and put their money where their mouths are. Estelle Parker, co-CEO at RIAA commented: "It's fantastic to see Australians demanding more from their investments. They want their money to work for ...

Super battle on impact investing and returns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... powerful tool to address the social and environmental challenges we face at home and abroad," said Wealth of Nations Advisors CEO Uwe Fuehrer. "Through the #5by25 campaign, we aim to mobilise a meaningful portion of Australia's superannuation assets ...

AI poses serious governance risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Super funds could be left footing the bill of listed companies that are quick to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) systems but slow to grasp the governance risks when the technology fails. Professor Nicholas Davis, a leading academic on emerging technologies ...

Why top firms have more women on boards: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... comprise 36.9% of all ASX 300 directors, while appointment of women to the ASX 300 reached 46%. AICD managing director and CEO Mark Rigotti said this is a "milestone to be celebrated". "Boards know the benefits of gender equality and are leading the ...