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Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... It should be easier for shareholders to have these rights." Shareholder pressure is one of triggers that led the Commonwealth Bank to recently make changes to its fossil fuel lending, due to the work of Market Forces. SIX is currently also organising ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The legislation that will ensure superannuation is paid on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave is to be tabled today, with the super industry calling for its swift passage. The Paid Parental Leave Amendment (Adding Superannuation for a More Secure Retirement) ...

CommBank exits fossil fuels as rivals fund Santos

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... banks to formally cut ties with coal, oil and gas without credible transition plans, ahead of schedule. Last year, Commonwealth Bank announced that from 2025 it would not provide loans without strong transition plans. Net zero transition plans are increasingly ...

Podcast: First Nations cultural heritage and FPIC with Rachel Perkins and Anirudha (Anu) Nagar

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... defending the rights of Indigenous communities in development projects in South Asia, police accountability at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, and prosecution at the International Criminal Court. Listen to all podcasts here.

DEI peak body firms up leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Schneider Electric, onto its board of directors. Sunita Gloster replaces Ming Long as chair, as she has moved to the the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency. Gloster is a diversity ...

Cromwell restructures lending facility

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... reduction and gender pay targets. Cromwell Property Group's loan, which includes eight lenders, was developed with the Commonwealth Bank. Global financial services firm Societe Generale acted as sustainability coordinator. The loan is aligned with the ...

AOFM launches first Green Treasury Bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Treasury Bond. The $7 billion sovereign green bonds will mature on June 21, 2034 and settlement will occur on June 14. Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank, National Australia Bank Limited, UBS AG, Australia Branch, and Westpac Banking Corporation ...

Holdings fly in face of super duty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... The funds with default options most exposed to these companies were: UniSuper's Balanced Investment Option (11.5%), Commonwealth Super Corporation's Public Sector Superannuation Default (10.8%), and MLC's MySuper Growth Portfolio (10.4%). The funds ...

Fossil fuel funding down 20pc: study

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... list with a total pool of more than $4.5bn in fossil fuel commitments last year. Recording the sharpest drop was Commonwealth Bank, which dropped its commitment from $3.8bn back in 2016 to $567m last year. Over the seven-year period however, the bank ...

More funding necessary to fix housing crisis

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Help to Buy scheme, $3 bn for the New Homes Bonus, $2 bn for the Social Housing Accelerator, $2.7 bn to increase Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 15%, and $2 bn for social and affordable rental homes. Housing experts welcome the funding program to address ...