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The rise and rise of ESG salaries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
Heads of sustainable/responsible investment can expect to see their pay packet surpass $500,000, according to recruitment agency Talent Nation. ESG professionals continue to be highly sought-after, outstripping supply "for the foreseeable future," Talent ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... making in transition planning, more effective finance flows to regions most impacted by climate change, and education, skills and capacity building to support individual engagement in transitions. The commitments will be reviewed at COP31. Australia ...

$50 million backing for Conscious Investment Management fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... having impact, and that's why knowing where our capital comes from is such an advantage. "Paul Ramsay Foundation also brings skills to the table in terms of how they do impact measurement, and they have a big philanthropic team thinking about this and ...

"Looming" governance gap as reporting becomes mandatory

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... concept becomes more integrated into the industry, with teams increasingly comprising of staff with specialist sustainability skills alongside traditional finance experience. ESG is becoming embedded into commercial decision-making, but a "looming" skills ...

A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... long duration storage; support for offshore wind development; accelerating network infrastructure build; and investment in skills, supply chains and communities. One challenge that needs to be managed is the fact that renewable energy generation isn't ...

Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... scratch and what sort of validation and assurance you could receive. The board nominating committee could be looking at the skills needed and how do we upskill on an ongoing basis. The remuneration committee may need to look at this as one of the big ...

ZEN Energy recruits new senior exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... performance has positioned us to extend our impact on the energy transition. Phillipa brings a very complementary set of skills and capabilities to negotiate the next five years of growth." ZEN Energy is an electricity retailer that has a "near-term ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... energy products. In assessing votes for AGMs, the superfund will consider progress in these areas and the readiness of board skills and composition for the low-carbon transition. The fund will also engage to address the gender pay gap, workplace culture ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... impacted communities. There is also a huge need for upskilling and private investment. "The government has created Jobs and Skills Australia and it is looking at the skill requirement we need to make the transition and move towards a clean economy," ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
TelstraSuper has hired an experienced sustainability professional as sustainable investment manager. Priya Patel joins TelstraSuper from Frontier, where she was senior responsible investment adviser. Patel will report to David Humphreys, head of sustainable ...