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More work needed on climate risk response

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... targets performed badly. 54% of respondents have set at least one climate-related target. 37% of respondents said they have a board member with experience in climate or ESG. Less than half - 37% - have not yet undertaken climate-related scenario analysis. ...

Activist platform launches full share trading

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... at general meetings. Australia's Corporations Act grants the shareholders of listed companies the ability to influence a board, but only with more than 100 investors. Campaigns range from issues like gambling to deforestation, paid parental leave, gas ...

Cbus board still considering CFMEU directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Fronting a Senate hearing today, Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok said the fund's board is still considering whether it will appoint the replacement directors nominated by the CFMEU back in September. In September, the CFMEU administrator re-nominated ...

HESTA red flags MinRes for governance failures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... seriousness of the issues and that the issues identified indicate a systemic failure of governance at the senior management and board level," Blakey said. HESTA has subsequently placed MinRes on its watchlist, making the resources company subject to ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... 'squishy' Moving straight from politics to climate reporting standards, April Mackenzie, chief executive at External Reporting Board in New Zealand, stole the show with her quips and quotes, thanks to her country getting a year's headstart ...

IGCC names climate champions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Turner was commended for her work on portfolio decarbonisation targets in the asset management industry. Turner sits on the board of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and the advisory group to the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) ...

Betashares launches first ethical bonds ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... exclude companies based on evidence of human rights violations, as well as where there are no women on the company's board of directors. It also applies a partial exposure limit (33% of total gross revenue) to the production or sale of junk foods. ...

Boards vulnerable to next wave of climate litigation: IGCC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
Climate litigation is on the rise, with incoming legislation and a Trump-led US government amping up the risks in the next four years - and new types of lawsuits are emerging. Speaking at the IGCC summit this week in Melbourne, academic expert Jaqueline ...

81 major investors lock in climate targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... (NDCs), as highlighted in the Alliance's white paper earlier this year." Günther Thallinger, NZAOA chair and Allianz SE board member adds: "To maintain momentum, governments must implement bold climate policies and define concrete sector-based and ...

Green moves at Future Group, AusSuper, Birdwood, Minderoo, Mutual Trust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... barrister and philanthropist Allan Myers has taken over Andrew and Nicola Forrest's chair position. He has served the board for the past decade. The Forrests will continue serving as non-executive directors at the charity they co-founded. A renowned ...