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ACSI updates voting guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Cyber security, worker safety and nature and biodivdersity expectations are on the list of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) Governance Guidelines. The guidelines are updated every two years and underpin ACSI's proxy voting ...

COP28: Australia signs Glasgow statement to end public finance for fossil fuels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure Investment Bank together provided over AU$32.85 billion to fossil fuel projects. Australia is the fifth largest shareholder in the Asian Development Bank and sixth largest shareholder in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Australia ...

Podcast: New sex harassment laws - Anna Cody

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... term "culture-based financial risks" to encapsulate the ways in which culture can pose risks to investors and impact shareholder value in a new whitepaper, Workplace Misconduct: The underestimated systemic implications for investors, that explores the ...

How to spot a credible transition plan: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 4 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This is the fifth in a six-part series of articles brought to you by Energetics Moving past ambitious net zero targets, investors are now focusing on how companies will get from here to 2050 and how robust their transition plans are. ...

Sustainable AUM tops US$30 trn despite tighter labels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... private investment flows. The GSIR also finds that investors are increasingly making use of corporate engagement and shareholder action to drive corporate change and reduce risks. "The global sustainable finance industry is continuing to mature, with ...

Workplace conduct a financial risk: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... "culture-based financial risks" to encapsulate the ways in which culture can pose risks to investors and impact on shareholder value and issued a whitepaper, Workplace Misconduct: The underestimated systemic implications for investors to explore the ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
A major Australian university has locked in a $195 million sustainability-linked loan (SLL) with interest rate savings being reinvested into an Indigenous accommodation scholarship fund and other initiatives. La Trobe University has refinanced existing ...

New tools available to help investors meet Paris Agreement

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... enhancements to its EU Taxonomy Alignment Solution. ISS STOXX is the result of a recent merger between Institutional Shareholder Services and the Qontigo index business. In June the European Commission approved EU Taxonomy criteria for sustainable use ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... themselves and taking action appropriately so as to engage available defences," the opinion says. The opinion comes as a shareholder in ANZ has sued the bank over allegations that it has failed to manage the material risks of climate change and biodiversity ...

AustralianSuper rejects latest Brookfield overture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... been the subject of an assertive back and forth between the consortium and AustralianSuper, the company's largest shareholder at 15%. Earlier this month, the consortium increased its bid for Origin Energy by $1.2 billion, a move that was rejected ...