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Business calls for 12-month climate reporting delay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... commencement date should be 12 months from either the date legislation is proclaimed or Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) standards are published - whichever is later - before compliance is required. "There is nothing to be gained for users ...

Investors scrutinise Australia-first gender pay gap data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... "There is growing academic and empirical evidence that companies with better gender equality particularly at leadership and board level leads to better financial performance," Steed said. "Companies with wide gender pay gaps may face reputational issues... ...

ISSB publishes jurisdictional guide, seeks experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has published a guide to support jurisdictional adoption of standards, as it searches for 150 experts to provide technical input on sustainability disclosures in financial reports. This comes as ...

AXA IM warns companies on climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... the firm cast 187 votes against resolutions due to "insufficient disclosure or poor oversight of climate-related issues at board level" and supported 68% of ESG-related shareholder proposals. Jack Herring, Australia Program Manager at InfluenceMap, told ...

Podcast: Driving net zero in infrastructure - Niall Mills

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... inclusion, which focuses on setting diversity priorities and representation reporting; governance, which includes independent board representation, standards and qualification compliance, customer satisfaction surveys, risk management, cyber risk assessment ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... season compared to 21 in 2022. A strike happens when 25% or more shareholder votes are cast against the adoption of the board's remuneration report. Under legislation, if a listed company gets two strike votes in consecutive years at AGM, shareholders ...

SIX launches share platform for investors, activists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
A former co-founder of Future Super has launched Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX), a share trading platform that combines activism and investing. SIX is co-founded by Adam Verwey, a former co-founder of Future Super, and Sophie Hall, an experienced ...

ASX companies boosting ESG staff, oversight: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... managing ESG and sustainability issues means additional costs. "We've seen an investment in staff, increasing senior or board level accountability, more KPIs introduced, and we've seen more interest in how ESG can benefit a business," O'Neill said. "We ...

Aussie investors prepare for new EU rules

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... financiers who engage with European markets. From January, new EU Taxonomy rules, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) disclosure standards, and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) S1 and S2 come into effect. Also in January ...

Origin CFO retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... to have contributed to Origin's many achievements over the past six years, alongside an exceptional leadership group and Board and supported by an outstanding team," Tremaine said. "Together we have built a strong foundation to deliver on Origin's ambition ...