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Investors scrutinise Australia-first gender pay gap data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... the reasons why men are making more than women. However, it mostly represents men working in higher-paid roles within a company - as paying women less for the same role has been illegal in Australia for 55 years. This year the data excludes CEOs, heads ...

Personal views influence climate decision-making

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Financiers are more likely to use internal modelling/analysis and company disclosures when assessing climate risk, the study found. Of those utilising climate scenarios provided by the IEA, base forecasts ...

Aware and Macquarie partner on green finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Aware Super has inked a US$50 million deal to buy a speciality infrastructure finance company alongside Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM) Green Investment Group (GIG). Aware's private equity team will co-invest in Galway Sustainable Capital (GSC) ...

AXA IM warns companies on climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... more accurate and transparent corporate disclosure is needed, and more specifically, is expected, by investors to ensure company alignment between their climate policy engagement and delivering the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement," A significant majority ...

Australian Unity to assist as trustees in compensation deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... 240 Indonesian victims, who were wrongfully imprisoned as children by the federal government between 2008 and 2012," the company said. It follows the Federal Court last month approving settlement terms in relation to a landmark class action brought against ...

Climate tech gets funding boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... said. "This grant puts us on the fast track to delivering affordable, net zero hydrogen to Australia." The technology the company is working on is set to produce hydrogen gas and solid carbon without CO2 emissions, overcoming the challenges of capturing ...

FS Sustainability opens final voting round for ESG Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... the country's socio-economic future. FS Sustainability has worked with ISS ESG, a leading ESG rating and research company, to make sure that people nominated are employed at companies that meet minimum ESG criteria. It is not mandatory to be a participant ...

China stock exchange rings in Year of the Dragon with ESG mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... research lead Crystal Geng told FS Sustainability. "Firstly, it will be directly related to sustainability, will enhance company non-financial information disclosure which is largely aligned with global standards. At the same time, this new mandated ...

Amazon's Queensland operations to run off solar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... and cut pollution. The development is the latest of seven renewable energy projects by Amazon in Australia, which the company says has been the catalyst for an estimated $467 million of economic investment in the community from 2020 to 2022. The wind ...

Stewart Investors joins Responsible Minerals initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... launched an investor network to further promote responsible mining and mineral sourcing. Stewart Investors is the first company and founding member of the RMI Investor Network, which will bring together investment industry stakeholders to advance responsible ...