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Ex-Moody's chief rejoins standards setter

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Michel Madelain has been named the new managing director of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation, effective 9 September 2024. Madelaine was previously president and chief operating officer for credit ratings and research ...

DEI peak body firms up leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... diversity advocate, a sought-after keynote speaker, commentator, and guest panellist on ABCTV Gruen. Currently non-executive director for Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and UN Global Compact Network Australia, a major sustainability initiative for businesses ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... MinterEllison's ESG team, part of the firm's ESG and Sustainable Business Centre of Excellence. The renowned non-executive director has historically operated within superannuation and financial services. He was previously ASIC deputy chair. In ...

Climate Change Authority appoints new chair

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... "take far too long". The CCA's new member is Patty Akopiantz of Assembly Climate Capital. Akopiantz is a non-executive director at KPMG, a chair at Environmental Leadership Australia, alongside multiple other director and chair positions. Kean will chair ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
QIC Infrastructure's specialist energy and utilities practice has appointed three new senior executives to originate new investment opportunities. Paul Maguire, Richard Van Breda and Mark Irwin have taken up senior positions within a business that ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... "There is ample potential for pioneering the production of green heavy industry, notably green iron," said Dan Stein, director and founder of Giving Green, noting that Australia also accounts for 38% of the world's iron ore supply. Instead of exporting ...

Retail CSOs do a shuffle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... quality, health and group sustainability, and then CSO in 2021. She has also exited Foodbank Australia as non-executive director. A Woolworths spokesperson said that as CSO, Holt "played a vital role in creating our sustainability plan and leading the ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... guidance, "will further Australia's ability to attract international capital for the transition". Erwin Jackson, managing director, policy, at the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) said the roadmap "provides a foundation for appropriate sustainability ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... commitment to achieving gender parity, particularly in economic and political spheres," World Economic Forum managing director Saadia Zahidi said. "We cannot wait until 2158 for parity. The time for decisive action is now." Women's representation ...

Social TCFD-equivalent seeks leaders

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD) seeks a director, a head of engagement, and four co-chairs for its working group. The TISFD is a Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)-equivalent for social ...