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HESTA urges ASX300 to heed investor concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... directors are needed to reach gender balance in the ASX200. Gender balance in leadership can improve decision-making and company performance, benefitting retirement savings, Blakey noted. Around 80% of HESTA members are women. According to HESTA-commissioned ...

Podcast: Responsible investment stewardship towards net zero with Rachel Halpern

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Responsible investors are pushing back against so-called 'Tea and Scones Stewardship' and demanding meaningful company engagement. Done right, stewardship can steer companies toward net zero; done wrong, it's as unsatisfying as a lukewarm ...

Schroders quietly backpedals on carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... September, the investment manager has changed its tobacco exclusions policy automatically applied to direct investments in company-issued public securities where it has discretion over security selection for Schroders funds in Australia. Schroders will ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... research head Axel Dalman. "Emissions from Driftwood's first phase are equivalent to Woodside's 2030 target... the company is disinterested in genuine decarbonisation." Woodside's major investors did not comment. Alison George, impact and ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... 'Society for Threatened Peoples v. UBS', which alleged UBS violated OECD Guidelines through ties to Hikvision, a surveillance company linked to alleged human rights abuses against Uyghur minorities in China. For the first time, the watchdog ruled banks ...

Help on the way for hidden supply chain slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... according to the NSW Office of the Anti-Slavery Commissioner (OASC), the independent statutory authority. However, any company with slavery in its supply chain may be implicated in modern slavery crimes itself. "When the Modern Slavery Act talks about ...

Fossil-fuel engagements require flexibility, not confrontation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
To move from agenda-setting to results, a dynamic approach is key for company engagement on issues that may take years to solve, according to top sustainability specialists. The finance sector has moved through a stage of agenda-setting in climate ...

Music mecca hits the right note for nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Laneway Festival became the first customer. The purchase was made to offset emissions by touring festival personnel. The company conducted a footprint analysis with carbon consultancy NetNada following its 2023/34 touring festival season. The exercise ...

Green job market heats up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... talent in Q3 2024. Ann Austin has been promoted to global head of sustainability, investment management at Lendlease. A company loyalist, she has served the property giant for 32 years and was most recently head of sustainability for its Australian arm. ...

Senate passes landmark climate reporting and net zero authority laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... the key words I want to let you know," ASIC commissioner Kate O'Rourke assured the crowd at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Climate Governance event held in Sydney's International Convention Center (ICC) today. "Putting off [ASIC] ...