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Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... widely acknowledged and local investors welcome innovative investment solutions such as this. Meantime, Equity Trustees executive general managers, corporate and superannuation trustee services Andrew Godfrey said: "We are pleased to be appointed as ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... (55%, compared to 44% for men). Women have roughly 23% less super than men when nearing retirement, according to Chief Executive Women. Women are also more likely to feel they don't have enough time in the day to think about switching (67%, compared ...

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

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... heard last 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 ...

Execs sceptical of 2050 net zero goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Confidence in net zero by 2050 is diminishing, with almost two-thirds of executives now anticipating the world will reach net zero by 2060 or later, up from just over half a year ago. Despite this, most companies are sustaining or ramping up investments ...

CBA launches green business loan

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... measures. The new loan comes as a response to customer demand for more sustainable solutions product offerings, CBA executive general manager for business lending Grant Cairns told the crowd at the CBA's sustainability conference in Sydney last week. ...

New campaign pushes for reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... workforce and return later, and around 4000 women will retire prematurely because of severe menopause symptoms," ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty said. Presently, employers including Aware Super, Cbus and Future Group offer paid forms of reproductive ...

Greenwashing remains a priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... their 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 ...

Big super's plan on fossil fuel return

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... shareholders have been increasingly frustrated with the chronic share price underperformance, ineffective strategy and perverse executive bonuses," ACCR lead analyst Alex Hillman said. "Following the collapse of the merger talks with Woodside, Santos' ...

AI poses serious governance risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... inequality, displace jobs and be used for political manipulation. Joining Davis on the conference panel was Dayle Stevens, executive of data and AI at Telstra Corporation. She warned the delegates about sharing business information on ChatGPT prompts. ...

Members shouldn't carry energy and housing

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... members want their super funds to focus on risk-adjusted returns, not nation-building rhetoric, said Paul Schroder, chief executive at Australia's largest superfund with A$300 billion AUM. Speaking at the closing panel session of the Australian Council ...