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HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... gender imbalance in leadership, with a goal for gender balance in ASX 300 leadership structures, including boards and executive teams, by 2030. For the upcoming voting season, HESTA will oppose select director re-elections at ASX 300 firms with less ...

Australian businesses failing to achieve on sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Although Australian business leaders rank sustainability as being high in their organisational corporate structure, only 35% of businesses have achieved set sustainability targets over the past two years, according to Cognizant. The IT services and ...

Norway's oil fund updates climate demands

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... to measure the delivery of their climate transition plan, disclose annual progress on net zero strategy and show how executive pay aligns with interim target delivery and transition plans. The fund will develop further direction on good practice. "With ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... risks. I think TNFD can help business crystallise that risk." Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) executive manager Estelle Parker highlighted that one of the changes between earlier versions and this final version is a change in ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Business and investors acceptance of the need to decarbonise Australia's economy is "irreversible," said newly appointed Net Zero Economy Agency chair Greg Combet. "It's seemingly overwhelming accepted that significant decarbonisation of the ...

Podcast: Ramping up impact on climate and biodiversity - Ingrid Kukuljan

THE GREENER WAY  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... the portfolios within Federated Hermes' impact and sustainability strategy and, among other activities, is the non-executive director of Fair4All Finance, an organisation founded with UK dormant asset money to create positive impact by promoting ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... strategy shifts and risk and return outcomes must be managed carefully, just as financial incentives like climate-linked executive bonuses should be approached with caution. Some investment strategies have better climate outcomes and different value ...

Forestry companies create global engagement body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... science-based principles in policy and incentives; and increasing benefits to rural and Indigenous Peoples," said ISFC executive director Ross Hampton. ISFC will work to achieve the aims of the Glasgow Leaders Declaration on Forests and Land Use, which ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Tasmania. He is a Fellow and Chartered Professional Engineer with Engineers Australia and a member of the AWEI National Executive LGBTQ+ Allies Forum. Troy Rudd, AECOM's global CEO commented: "As we experience a transformative period in infrastructure ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... consultations with Australia's university and research peak bodies and international funding agencies," said ARC chief executive officer Judi Zielke. "It highlights how ARC-funded research has built Australia's research capability and improved outcomes ...