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US pension funds move against James Hardie chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... Hardie faced significant backlash over a $14 billion deal to acquire US-based Azek. A deal that was done without an investor vote, leading to backlash from other major investors including AustralianSuper, UniSuper, Aware Super and HESTA. CalPERS, CalSTRS ...

Axing CGT breaks could boost budget by $22.7bn: Oxfam Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
A new report by anti-poverty organisation Oxfam Australia (Oxfam) revealed nearly 50% of the capital gains tax discount went to 24,000 people who earned over $1 million in 2022-2023. Findings indicate that on average, each of these individuals received ...

ISS STOXX launches new research services

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... voting items. Investors will have access to ISS STOXX's governance data and expertise to inform their own independent vote decisions. While the second service - Custom Lens - lets investors tailor research reports and fully customise the data, analysis ...

NAB subject to Australia's first bank shareholder resolution on nature risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's largest agribusiness lender NAB will face the nation's first shareholder resolution on nature and deforestation risk. The groundbreaking resolution demands greater transparency about how much the bank lends to customers involved in deforestation ...

Net Zero Banking Alliance shuts down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
A month on from pausing activities amid a member vote, the Net Zero Banking Alliance is ceasing operations altogether. The decision follows the group's annual general meeting on September 29-30, at which members were asked to vote on the preferred future ...

NCRA data shows monumental risks to financial sector

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
With global heating levels estimated to reach 2.7 ºC by 2100, the National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA) findings revealed at 3ºC the consequences would be monumental. Overall economic output is estimated to plummet $135-423 billion by 2063. Agriculture ...

Net Zero Banking Alliance on pause

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... members, the Net Zero Banking Alliance is pausing activities. On August 27, the NZBA Steering Group determined to hold a vote on moving away from a membership-based alliance to establishing its guidance as a framework initiative. The voting process is ...

Gender diversity, overboarding top of mind for instos: Georgeson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... of Woodside Energy, off the back of the widely publicised rejection of their climate transition action plan in 2024. This vote exemplifies the increased targeting of individual directors by environmentally focused investors and NGOs, compared to other ...

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... captures a quiet but powerful signal: even as markets pull back, impact-led founders continue to attract support. It's a vote of confidence in businesses solving the world's hardest problems."

Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... confirmed that, subject to agreeing on acceptable terms for a binding SIA, it intends to unanimously recommend that shareholders vote in favour of the proposed transaction, provided no superior proposal emerges and an independent expert concludes the ...