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BlackRock ditches diversity targets, drops hiring mandates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
BlackRock has scrapped its "aspirational workforce representation goals" and will no longer require hiring managers to interview a diverse slate of candidates, according to an internal memo from chief executive Larry Fink and senior executives. The ...

QIC backs 'redefining' autonomous farming solutions

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Bate said QIC's investment has steered the positive development of SwarmFarm for "technological exports and the skilled workforce" of the state. "Our journey from the fields of regional Queensland to global markets is a testament to the power of innovation ...

Google's DEI dump may tank ESG score

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... vast majority of revenues for Alphabet - set a goal to increase leadership representation of people of colour in its workforce 30% by 2025. It reached this goal in 2022, ahead of schedule. However, Alphabet's recent annual US Securities and Exchange ...

Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
The activist shareholder group Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX) has set its scope on large, listed firms that fail to provide paid parental leave. They are targeting childcare provider G8 Education, which employs over 10,000 staff. G8 is an outlier ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... insurance are not the highest paying sectors - that title belongs to mining, metals and resources. And passion drives the workforce - people are choosing roles based on 'interesting' and 'meaningful' work. Meanwhile, executive pay is ...

Trump Paris exit "bad news" for rest of world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... diversity targets, and over 80% of the ASX 100 report metrics on diversity metrics beyond gender. Research shows a diverse workforce impacts positively on organisational culture, drives more diverse perspectives and is ultimately beneficial to performance. ...

Green moves: PRI, Scientific Beta, RIAA, CA100+, Australian Unity, Net Zero Economy Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... and pedal away," McNamee said. He is now open for project-based or part-time work on stewardship, beneficiary voice, workforce issues and corporate governance. Research head Katherine Ng, APAC director Matt McAdam, product development director Ayodele ...

Permanent disablement claims for mental health explodes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... permanently disabled due to mental health by three years. The data showed the average age of Australians "leaving the workforce for good" from mental ill-health has decreased from 49 years a decade ago to 46 years now. CALI chief executive Christine ...

Regional just transition plan names CEO

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
The taskforce charged with a just transition for the coal workforce names its first boss. Veteran public servant David Shankey is the inaugural CEO for the Net Zero Economy Authority (NZEA), the government agency focused on ensuring a fair transition ...

Back on the huddle, fund flows into clean energy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... have one-third of the world's critical minerals in the form of resources in the ground. We have a highly skilled workforce, a highly developed economy where we're very close to some of the fastest growing regions that will need the critical minerals ...