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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 ...

Climate reporting brings skilled workers to the fore

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Local businesses are not yet fully equipped to comply with mandatory climate reporting but they want to be, with research suggesting managers with green skills could earn up to 13% more. Surveying some 436 businesses across Australia, RMIT's Towards ...

Authorities are now accountable for caused climate damage

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
A new ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will hold states and countries accountable for the climate damage they have caused. The ICJ has delivered its Advisory Opinion on the Obligation of States in respect of Climate Change, which suggests ...

Australian Ethical puts Macquarie on notice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment is calling on Macquarie Group to step-up its disclosure on climate-related financial risk to shareholders. Australian Ethical said despite Macquarie's public commitments to support an orderly net zero transition by 2050 ...

Unchecked climate change to cost Australia trillions: Climate Council

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
New research has indicated the Labor government's climate goals may not be up to scratch, as choosing a strong target in the present remains more cost-effective than attempting to adapt to escalating climate damage. Climate Council's Stronger Target ...

IGCC releases capital alignment framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has released a new framework to help investors bridge the capital allocation gap when it comes to financing the climate transition. The Financing Australia's Corporate Climate Transition report provides guiding ...

Gender diversity, overboarding top of mind for instos: Georgeson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... company's remuneration report - these occurred for 10% of S&P/ASX300 remuneration report votes. "Remuneration strikes can act as an early alert to shareholder sentiment about the performance of the executives and the board or the company's approach in ...

CSIRO launches National Energy Analysis Centre

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The new National Energy Analysis Centre (NEAC) will analyse and model anonymised energy data from households and businesses to provide more information to decision-makers to help steer the transition. The CSIRO says the new research function will support ...

UK ditches sustainable finance taxonomy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The UK government has abandoned the Green Taxonomy as it believes it "would not be the most effective tool to deliver the green transition" and should not be part of the sustainable finance framework. "Whilst the government's ambitions to continue as ...

Munro decarbonisation fund tops ESG performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Managed funds topped the ESG category in Rainmaker Information's latest leagues table, with Munro Partners' decarbonisation-focused fund outperforming its peers. In the May 2025 Wholesale Managed Funds Report, the Munro Climate Change Leaders ...