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Deutsche Bank links 33% of long-term bonuses to non-financial targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
One of the world's largest financial institutions now ties a whopping third of long-term bonuses to sustainability and social objectives for the first time, starting this year. The change was outlined in its latest non-financial report outlining progress ...

Big super's plan on fossil fuel return

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... have set an emissions reduction target through an active ownership strategy. Super fund support for climate-related shareholder proposals declined from 56% to 53% from 2020/2021 to 2022. AustralianSuper, Brighter Super, Hostplus, IOOF and Qantas Super ...

Members shouldn't carry energy and housing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... the complaints I get about retirement is on our payments system." Schroder also explained why AustralianSuper, as a shareholder of listed company Origin Energy, rejected the takeover bid by a consortium led by Brookfield Asset Management and EIG Partners ...

Why top firms have more women on boards: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Top listed companies outperform on gender equality due to shareholder expectation and stronger corporate governance - but the rest of the index will soon follow suit, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). New AICD data finds ...

AXA IM warns companies on climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... consistency between publicly stated goals and corporate lobbying." AXA IM will use a case-by-case approach to ESG-related shareholder proposals, and if voting against certain proposals will disclose the reasons why. The firm has also announced it will ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
ASX300 companies saw almost double the number of shareholder votes against executive remuneration reports in 2023 compared to 2022, according to shareholder engagement and governance consulting firm Georgeson. There were 40 strikes against executive ...

Grok Ventures appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... waste management (Goterra), finance and project developers (Brighte, SunCable, Solar Bay). Grok remains the largest shareholder in AGL Energy after a failed bid to privitise the company in 2022 in partnership with Brookfield.

SIX launches share platform for investors, activists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... was previously the product lead at ASX-listed Whispir "What we're offering is the ability for anyone to join a shareholder activism campaign to Australia's listed companies," Verwey said. "We are currently running two campaigns on the platform ...

Origin CFO retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... takeover bid by a consortium led by Brookfield last year, a deal that was rejected by shareholders, including its largest shareholder, AustralianSuper. AustralianSuper based its opposition to the takeover, which underwent several revisions in a bid to ...

Shell shareholders worth €4tr to vote for Paris

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Amundi, collectively own approximately 5% of Shell's stock. The climate resolution, co-filed with Europe-based green shareholder group Follow This, requests that the multinational oil and gas company align its medium-term emissions reduction targets ...