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New fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... "Small businesses in the Asia Pacific form the backbone of developing economies and single mothers and other individual women entrepreneurs play a vital role," Tjoeng said. "By empowering women, whether they lead family enterprises or operate independently ...

WFH costs 5.8% of employees' salary: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... regular basis. Previous CEDA research found participation in WFH occupations has increased since the pandemic among carers, women with young children, and those with impactful health conditions or a disability. The growth in WFH has therefore helped ...

Future IM/Pact expands partnerships, appoints chair

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Canaccord Genuity have joined the initiative and will collaborate with foundation private wealth partner LGT Crestone to support women and diverse talent to pursue careers in the advice sector. The founder of the initiative Yolanda Beattie sees an increasing ...

SSGA abandons gender diversity targets

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... gender diversity efforts eight years after it championed the Fearless Girl campaign, which pushed for the representation of women in senior leadership positions. SSGA previously pushed for listed companies to have at least one female board member while ...

Sandi Orleow joins ECP board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... diversity and inclusion. Her involvement and active engagement with professional associations including CEW (Chief Executive Women), WOB (Women on Boards), the EY Director Program Alumni and the CFA Society speaks volumes on her commitment to fostering ...

More employers act on gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... leave, paying superannuation on that leave, and actively supporting a flexible return to work from parental leave. "For women, it could mean their employer is redesigning manager roles that will enable those roles to be undertaken on a part-time basis ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... individuals and 3% were over the age of 15. The median superannuation balance for a First Nations man is $27,000, while for women it is $20,000. Common challenges faced by First Nations Australians in engaging with the super industry include lack of ...

Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... confirmed it will offer 12 weeks of employer funded paid parental leave for their 1656 Australian-based staff - 94% of which are women. Conversely, Premier Investments will have no intention to introduce paid parental leave. Chair Solomon Lew said: "We ...

Green moves: UN PRI, Ditchley, Honest Work

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) and deputy chair (industry and policy) for the national committee of Women in Economics Network (WEN). Tang has previously also been involved in circular economy standards-setting at the International ...

Green careers in silent crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... site led by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, also found that three-quarters of practitioners are women. Many respondents cited greenwashing within their own organisations, describing unachievable targets, insufficient resources ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

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

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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