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HESTA urges ASX300 to heed investor concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... has set out its engagement priorities ahead of the upcoming AGM season. Key areas include climate change, nature loss, gender equality and fair working conditions. This marks the fifth consecutive year the super fund has sent such a letter as part of ...

Climate finance gets $100bn boost: ADB

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... and fiscal vulnerability. Aside from its mission to reduce poverty and inclusivity, the ADB also committed to improving gender equality across its own operations.

Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Australians. It undermines the policy intent to boost the retirement savings of Australian mums and to start to turn around the gender super gap - which has been widening for women in their 30s," she said. It also risks putting pressure on mums to raid ...

Super gap to close in 2042

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Gender financial equality slowed in the past quarter; gender pay equality is expected by 2047 and ASX 200 equality equity by 2030. Overall, women are experiencing higher unemployment and underemployment. In the long-term however there is - albeit slow ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... super contributions. "This has led to many female Rest members retiring with less super than our male members. In fact, the gender super gap for our members approaching retirement is 27% - a figure that has widened in recent years," Doyle said. "We represent ...

ASX200 boards near gender target: ACSI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... financial performance. Several organisations including HESTA, Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), have been campaigning for '40:40 Vision' - that is, women filling 40% of exec roles ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Department of Finance and Trade (DFAT) are part of a steering committee backing Indonesia's move to raise $1.5 billion in gender-based capital by next year. The agreement was struck at a roundtable meeting on Indonesia's sustainable development goals ...

QIC backs new venture capital initiative

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... teams in Queensland are women, and that drops to one in 10 at the General Partner level," Baker said. "We recognise the gender gap is a very real challenge and there is work to be done. Particularly as Queensland's VC ecosystem continues to grow ...

Women continue to lag in asset management

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Women make up 28% of the industry, but at the current rate of promotion and retention, investment teams will reach gender parity at the end of the decade. Progress is slow and poaching is rife in Australia's $4.3 trillion investment sector, with a four-point ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
The World Economic Forum released its Global Gender Gap Report for 2024 revealing that, at the current pace, it will take another 134 years - equivalent to five generations - to achieve full gender parity. Globally, the gender gap has closed by just ...

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Green moves: Aware Super, Minderoo Foundation

ELIZABETH FRY
CareSuper hired an ESG specialist from a rival, while Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation appointed an executive director of effective philanthropy.

Macquarie AM takes over Island Green Power

KARREN VERGARA
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is now the owner of renewable energy developer Island Green Power, scooping up the remaining 50% stake.

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN
Palliser Capital has vowed to continue pressing for governance reform at Rio Tinto after its shareholder resolution calling for an independent review of the miner's dual-listed company structure fell short at the group's annual general meeting.

ISSB looks to ease Scope 3 disclosure requirements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The International Sustainability Standards Board has proposed changes to requirements under IFRS S2 to offer clarity around existing reliefs and provide further relief in relation to specific Greenhouse Gas emissions disclosures.

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