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Glass ceiling persists despite record women chairs

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... companies: in the ASX 300 there were 42 women chairs, and 25 on the ASX 200. Researchers from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) noted that the data was a considerable increase on the AICD's figures from the start of the year, when ...

Responsible investing pro moves company-side

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Belinda White has joined a healthcare company to firm up ESG reporting and lend a hand to investor relations, after leaving First Sentier Investors in May. She joins Telix Pharmaceuticals as director of investor relations and ESG - a newly created role ...

Microsoft makes largest ever offset purchase

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... technology aiming to capture CO2 and store it underground through "subsurface saline sequestration". The world's leading tech company with US$3.15 trillion market cap says the tech is key to meeting its carbon reduction goal. The firm has made the largest ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... now the "largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy in the world" for the fourth consecutive year. This means the company is purchasing an equivalent amount of energy from clean energy plants that it would use in its operations, and then sending ...

Robeco expands transition strategy with new funds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... groundwork for ESG disclosure mandates, according to KPMG, and the push for sustainability integration across the whole company. In January, Robeco led a group of investors with more than US$2 trillion of AUM to develop a global database of greenhouse ...

Investible, top VCs back Fugu Carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... scalable, with a goal to extract 1 billion metric tonnes of CO2 annually by 2032. Fugu co-founder Luke Marshall said the company fulfils demand from industries that may never be able to fully decarbonise. "We must provide a green low-cost solution for ...

SBTi chief Luiz Amaral to step down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... global solutions for commodities and finance at the WRI. Susan Jenny Her has prior experience at American Express global company Egencia, Westpac, and Kleinwort Benson Bank. Amaral cited personal reasons for resigning: "These issues require my full attention ...

Over half of firms created new net zero roles: Deloitte

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... delivering the net zero strategy. As net zero is a long-term goal, programme management across all divisions and levels of a company is vital - and collaboration is essential. Deloitte respondents overwhelmingly said their current aims are to generate ...

Investors exit climate group amid politicisation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), Nippon Life Insurance Company, the Church of England Pensions Board, and the New York State Common Retirement Fund. The affirmation sends a signal ...

DEI peak body firms up leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... media and marketing committee. She is an active member of Chief Executive Women, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and an alumni of the Australian Institute of Company Directors chair's mentoring program for women in ASX board ...