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Macquarie remuneration report hit with first strike

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Macquarie Group suffered its first strike against its remuneration report at the annual general meeting yesterday, with 25.4% of shareholders expressing their dissatisfaction. Macquarie Group chair Glenn Stevens told the meeting that senior leaders ...

ESG experts' earning potential revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Leaders in the fields of ESG and sustainability can command up to $280,000 in remuneration, according to Hays' latest Salary Guide. This amount of money can be earned in New South Wales, which shows that sustainability professionals in the state ...

Gender diversity, overboarding top of mind for instos: Georgeson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... itself when investors and proxy advisors will have less capacity to digest your messages," the consultant said. For remuneration strikes - when 25% or more of shareholder votes are cast against an advisory resolution to adopt a company's remuneration ...

Green moves: Perpetual, Accounting for Nature

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... Carbon Australia, the UK Carbon Trust, and the UK Met Office, where she currently serves on the board and chairs the remuneration committee. In welcoming her to the board, Accounting for Nature chair Peter Harper said Bremner's global perspective ...

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Executive pay can frequently be a contentious issue and has attracted renewed attention, as remuneration committees have awarded inflation-busting pay package increases. These have often been justified as catch-up payments following the impact of the ...

Public sector pay gap revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... further action," WGEA chief executive Mary Wooldridge said. CSC recorded a 22.1% gender pay gap for total median remuneration and 22% for the median base salary despite recording an equal number of male and female employees. The data showed that women ...

Aware Super, HESTA join forces against Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Pickard, who also chairs the Energy Board's Sustainability Committee, with HESTA also voting against the broader remuneration plan. The super funds said the gas giant has failed to meet expectations on climate action and a transition to net-zero. "We ...

Link between remuneration and sustainability grows: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... largest listed companies by market cap across 15 countries found 92% of the top 25 companies in Australia link the remuneration of their management boards to sustainability. That said, they are more likely to adopt only short-term sustainability targets ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... integrity, care, skill and diligence; take responsibility for all areas of the business operations; apply new deferred remuneration policies; and meet notification obligations. Kitt said super members and shareholders are increasingly scrutinising corporate ...

Banks' culture, conduct has government committee 'deeply concerned'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... conduct within the banking sector. It said "certain recent developments are troubling," citing the resurgence of remuneration practices that may incentivise inappropriate conduct. As an example, the committee cited increased variable bonus caps for home ...