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CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has hired Dr Larry Marshall as its new chief executive. Larry Marshall, incoming chief executive of CSIRO Marshall is currently the managing director of Southern Cross Venture Partners ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... involved in the manufacture and/or production of coal, based on 33% material threshold," said Peter Lambert, LGS chief executive officer. "We will only divest from two Australian companies - Whitehaven Coal and AGL - and there are a number of international ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... are managed by Sydney boutique fund manager Grosvenor Pirie. Sheikh is the fund's managing director, while Verwey is executive director. The executive team also features Jemma Morton Green, formerly of J.P. Morgan, and James Thier, a founder of Australian ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... ultimately own. But what you're also seeing is a lot of activity by boards hassling super funds to get them to support executive pay resolutions." Part of this evolution has been an increase in the frequency of contact between boards and beneficial owners ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... needed to decarbonise the Australian economy is in energy and carbon forestry, said Anna Skarbek, Climate Works Australia executive director. Anna Skarbek, executive director, ClimateWorks Australia ClimateWorks and ANU developed the report, Pathways ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... "Allocating capital to low carbon activities is one of the most critical climate actions globally," Nathan Fabian, chief executive of the IGCC told The Sustainability Report. "Most governments understand that. Australia's government appears not to at ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... communications and outreach and spokesperson for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); Georg Kell, executive director of the UN Global Compact; Helge Lund, CEO of Statoil; Jose Manuel Entrecanales CEO of Acciona, and Pegan. (Photo courtesy ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... financial support to social impact organisations that have a business model and are still preparing for financing. NAB Executive General Manager Debt Markets Steve Lambert is also on the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and on the board ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... this program was about two things - simplifying the message and unifying the message," said Scott Bocskay, SMF chief executive. "We partnered with ClimateWorks and then through the development of the program, we had every stakeholder involved EUAs across ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... more than $83 million, to nine payments totalling just under $12 million in 2013, ACSI said. Gordon Hagart, ACSI chief executive, cited 2009 reforms to the Corporations Act limiting the size of termination payments that could be made to senior executives ...