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Investors call for leadership diversity at ASX300 listed companies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... revealed that a third of respondents said a lack of data on company gender diversity is a barrier to taking further action. HESTA CEO and chair of the 40:40 Vision steering committee Debby Blakey said investors see gender imbalances in corporate leadership ...

Government commits public service to net zero by 2030

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... paper we called on the government to release plans on how they will manage purchasing of ACCUs," said Carbon Market Institute CEO John Connor. "It raises a bunch of questions on transparency and a clear decarbonization plan is going to be very important." ...

Australia the guinea pig for PRI sovereign engagement pilot

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... recognised standards. If outcomes are successful PRI will expand collaborative sovereign engagement to additional countries. PRI CEO David Atkin commented that institutional investors are strong allies in helping accelerate the transition to net zero ...

Commonwealth to disclose climate risks in sovereign bonds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... August by O'Donnell and the respondents - the Commonwealth of Australia, the Australian Office of Financial Management CEO, and the secretary of the Department of Treasury. Other bond investors are now invited to put forward their views on the settlement ...

Regional renewable investments ramp up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... utility company, will invest approximately $6 billion by 2030 in a major expansion of its Australian renewable power business. CEO Markus Krebber met with Albanese in Perth this week to outline a plan to expand RWE's existing business by 13 times ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... survey gathered views on inflation, geopolitics, the cost-of-living crisis, asset class allocation and ESG. APAC and Africa CEO Kevin Algeo said that the percentage of investors taking ESG into consideration now compared to a decade ago has increased ...

Asia ahead in Science Based Targets race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... companies had set science-based targets. As of July 2022, the SBTi now requires 1.5ºC alignment for all new targets. SBTi CEO Luiz Amaral commented on the SBTi Monitoring Report: "This annual update from the SBTi shows the enormous demand from the business ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... doing one on one company engagement." Barns noted that data is still a challenge for investors, a point echoed by Carl Prins, CEO and co-founder of Pathzero, an Australian technology company that provides institutional asset owners access to relevant ...

Climate minister identifies climate adaptation as key priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... inaction. Investment in adaptation is investment in our long-term stability." Just prior to Sen McAllister's speech, IGCC CEO Rebecca Mikula-Wright launched Road to Resilience, which outlines a two-year strategy designed to support investors to drive ...

Podcast: Preserving wilderness - Fiachra Kearney

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
On this episode of The Greener Way, we're speaking with Forever Wild CEO Fiachra Kearney. Forever Wild is an innovative social enterprise with activities in Australia and around the world, seeking to protect wilderness ecosystems in conjunction ...