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Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The activist shareholder group Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX) has set its scope on large, listed firms that fail to provide paid parental leave. They are targeting childcare provider G8 Education, which employs over 10,000 staff. G8 is an outlier ...

Looming climate audits expose talent crunch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Approved this week, Australia's new sustainability audit timelines have sparked concerns around the readiness of businesses scrambling to fill a skills shortfall. Thousands of progressively smaller entities will gradually fall under the mandatory disclosure ...

Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... for reward, talent management and acquisition, succession management, performance, learning and capability, employee engagement and people regulatory governance. At iCare NSW, Jones was the general manager of people & workplace experience. The recruit ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... urgent need for investors to adapt and engage, PRI said. It is this role that Tang steps into, overseeing signatory engagement and working closely on policy engagement with PRI's head of APAC policy Kazuma Osaki and the team. "Investors in this region ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... responsible investment analyst. Hamra arrived from Investor Group on Climate Change where he served as manager of corporate engagement for nine months. Before that, he was a senior responsible Investment analyst at Funds SA, where he helped implement ...

Trump inaugurated as 47th President

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... lady Melania Trump, launched their own meme coins ahead of the inauguration. Binance Australia director of community engagement James Quinn-Kumar said Trump's presidency will be a "gamechanger" for the crypto sector. "The pro-crypto stance of this ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Related Financial Disclosures. The leadership role is a promotion from her prior role as chief commercial and market engagement officer. "I have spent the last two decades of my career focused on driving sustainable change in the world and what a journey ...

Most popular podcast episodes of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... investors are pushing back against so-called 'Tea and Scones Stewardship' and demanding meaningful company engagement. Listen here.

Real Asset Management taps DWS sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... investor relations effort. At the private credit specialist fund, he will also play a key role in fostering strong engagement with investors in the ASX-listed RAM Essential Services Property Fund. Willis joins from DWS, where he served as director of ...

Big money urged to leverage influence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... themes, Aegon, Allianz, and Phoenix Group were named as leaders. These firms stood out in their direct climate policy engagement and stewardship of investee companies' climate lobbying activities. Also named were California Public Employees Retirement ...