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Demand up for green steel

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... (68%), and believe metallurgical coal's risk profile will increase in the next decade (80%). Most investors (59%) believe Australia should export green iron to countries with limited renewables uptake. ACCR company strategist and lead analyst Fiona Deutsch ...

Glass ceiling persists despite record women chairs

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
The boards of Australia's listed companies are now made up of nearly half women - but Australia's top 20 firms are lagging, with industry groups saying reasons are unclear. There is a record number of female chairs at ASX 200 and 300 companies: in the ...

TelstraSuper appoints ESG lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate governance, having served as group sustainability manager at Westpac and ANZ, stationarity strategy adviser at Australia Post and as an environmental analyst at Eurofins. TelstraSuper head of sustainable investing David Humpheys departed the ...

"Critical decade" for energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Capacity Investment Scheme has attracted significant private investment in renewable projects. But to modernize the grid, Australia needs $122 billion in investment for utility-scale generation, storage, and transmission. Bowen argued nuclear would lead ...

MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... green energy, and run alongside favourable rate cutting cycles and GDP growth in these regions. Asset allocators across Australia, including MLC Asset Management, have recognised that an active investment presence backed by fundamental research will ...

Podcast: Radical super reform for climate change progress with retirement heavyweight Jeremy Cooper

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
"The biggest challenge in our lifetime is the global market failure we call climate change" - Jeremy Cooper. Jeremy has a radical idea to shake up Australia's superannuation system for climate change progress. With a wide-ranging career spanning ...

Banks to refund millions following ASIC review

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Low-income First Nations banking customers will receive a refund of more than $28m following the corporate watchdog's review into bank fees. ANZ, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, CBA and Westpac kept at least two million low-income Australians in high-fee ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... depth of experience in financial and economic policy to the Funds SA board, having spent 25 years at the Reserve Bank of Australia. His current roles include co-chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative Taxonomy Technical Experts Group and ...

Tech giant hits environment target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... primarily to its transportation and logistics. Globally, Amazon has invested in more than 500 solar and wind projects. In Australia, it has invested AU$467 million from 2020 to 2022. 1,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy are being rolled out - including ...

NAB funds DEI workplace research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research (Jumbunna), the UTS Business School, and the Diversity Council Australia (DCA), are gathering fresh data on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' experiences in the workplace. DCA ...