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Canberra acts on billion-dollar net zero plan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... announced. Australia currently imports around 97% of PV panels from China, energy analyst Tim Buckey said. Buckley, who is director of independent think tank Climate Energy Finance, said the initiative will boost regions and workforces with historic ...

Shared Value founder heads up regional alliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... view that super funds should leverage capital to add value to society - in October 2020 but stayed on as a non-executive director, where she will remain. She then picked up a variety of short-term consulting projects in the interim, including as head ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... in the energy transformation. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) welcomed the development. Managing director and CEO Mark Rigotti said the rules will incentivise organisations to make high quality, comparable, meaningful, and useful ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... role open to candidates. Maruma Mrema is also assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of the UN Environment Program (UNEP). Alongside co-chair David Craig she led the TNFD from design and development to adoption. ...

Fund managers "eagerly" await green Treasury bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... change mitigation, climate change adaptation, and improved environmental outcomes. Betashares responsible investments director Greg Liddell said the Treasury Green Bond has been "eagerly" awaited. "Treasury has developed a robust green bond framework ...

Kiwi energy broker sparks interest across the pond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... services with the additional resources, capabilities, and scale that TP ICAP can offer." Kellee Campbell, TP ICAP divisional director of energy and commodities for Australia and New Zealand will guide the company post-acquisition. Campbell commented ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... clarifying its application, and considering potential risks, Butler adds. Notwithstanding this, Finura joint managing director Peter Worn says several companies still cavalierly use the term AI to signal a growth strategy to investors, often lacking ...

Minorities to have bigger say under Positive Duty regime: Rio Tinto

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Thursday. Kate Jenkins, the former Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner; Christine O'Reilly, non-executive director at BHP; and Kellie Parker, chief executive for Australia at Rio Tinto fronted questions at the conference about systemic workplace ...

Greenwashing remains a priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... customers]?" In a later panel discussion, Philip Chronican, chair of the National Australia Bank (NAB) and non-executive director at Woolworths, picked up the debate by posing the unintended consequence of a regulatory clampdown on companies striving ...

AI poses serious governance risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... the unchecked environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) risk arising from the use of AI systems. Davis is a director at UTS' Human Technology Institute (HTI), which released The State of AI Governance in Australia report last May. The report ...