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What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Australasia (RIAA) Conference heard from Naomi Edwards, the chair and national director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), on what makes a good board that shareholders and customers respect and value. Edwards said that the best-functioning ...

Green moves: Aware Super, BlackRock, Taylor Fry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
A Housing Australia executive has joined BlackRock Australia as the firm's new head of fixed income and credit product strategy, marking a return to funds management after a distinguished public sector career. Katherine Palmer brings over 12 years ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
High-profile ethics and impact manager Desiree Lucchese has joined Aware Super as the reporting manager for climate change and sustainability. In her new role, Lucchese will blend technical expertise with change management to serve as a liaison across ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority, says ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... companies or reporting entities will now provide four reports to the regulator, namely its annual financial report, the directors report, the auditor's report and, from March 2026 next year for Group 1 entities, a sustainability report. Under a phasing ...

HESTA divests MinRes over ongoing governance issues

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... issues, and the issues indicated a systemic failure of governance. We have since regularly engaged with senior leaders and directors at the business to encourage action we believe necessary to restore investor confidence," HESTA chief executive Debby ...

TNFD guides board directors on assessing nature-related risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... assessing nature-related dependencies, impacts, risks and opportunities. The first guide, released this week, is for board directors. Further guides for different audiences will be released over the next year. The guide is produced in collaboration with ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... from Perpetual, where he started as a graduate in 2021. Finally, Cbus Super has welcomed Mark Fagan to the board of directors. Currently, Fagan is operating chief at The Australian Workers' Union. The super fund noted: "Mark brings extensive skills ...

Sustainable real assets boutique launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... founders have all worked together at Lighthouse Infrastructure for the past five years; Johnston and Hooper were managing directors, while O'Dea was investment director. Individually, the also bring experience working with the likes of Hastings Funds ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... and called on ACSI attendees to help. Evans said while Australia's Modern Slavery Act has some "weaknesses", company directors have started having open discussions about the issue. "I now have very engaged and informed conversations with directors as ...

ASIC releases sustainability reporting guidelines

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... it added sections on climate scenario analysis and disclosing Scope 3 emissions; included more specific guidance for directors of reporting entities; and included additional guidance on applying the sustainability reporting thresholds. It also revised ...