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Super gap to close in 2042

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Gender financial equality slowed in the past quarter; gender pay equality is expected by 2047 and ASX 200 equality equity by 2030. Overall, women are experiencing higher unemployment and underemployment. In the long-term however there is - albeit slow ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... the priority to effectively lower greenhouse gas emissions." While Woodside scores better on overall ESG risk than its S&P/ ASX 300 energy sector peers, according to Hall, the purchase worsens future risk. In Woodside's half-year results briefing ...

Australian Ethical profit up 57% to $18.5m

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... 24% to $100.5 million, and record underlying profit after tax by 57% to $18.5m in FY24. In its FY24 results reported to the ASX, the ethical fund posted 80% growth in its statutory net profit after tax to $11.8m. Richard Brandweiner, former CEO of Pendal ...

Senate passes landmark climate reporting and net zero authority laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... regime is "complicated", AICD head of policy Christian Gergis said. The rollout begins with the largest emitters, comparable to ASX 200 companies, and will gradually include smaller entities and not-for-profits by July 2027. However, AICD managing director ...

KPMG prints first climate risk report

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... halve emissions by 2030 from a 2019 baseline. It has now cut Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions by 28%. Roughly one-fifth of its ASX-200 listed clients have now publicly set Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) approved net zero targets, and 69% set other ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The ASX-listed companies have poured $80 million into a new Australian carbon credits fund from Silva Capital. The Silva Carbon Origination Fund is one of the first funds in Australia to invest in large-scale, high-integrity Australian Carbon Credit ...

Shareholders to say 'no' to gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... accounts dedicated towards combining ethical investing with shareholder activism. At present, the platform only features 12 ASX-listed companies, which are the subject of their initial campaigns. It is due to make all ASX shares and ETFs available on ...

ASX200 boards near gender target: ACSI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... companies are listed, the greater the likelihood that they will have a female chair. When the organisation was founded in 2006, ASX 200 boards had just 7% women. "It is wonderful to see that the ASX200 is so close to achieving 40% of board roles occupied ...

Super fund moves: Aware Super, AustralianSuper, Mine Super and Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... with stakeholder management will be a valuable contribution to the team's engagement efforts working to influence our ASX-listed investee companies. " Meanwhile, AustralianSuper's Rachel Mohr is promoted from analyst to associate portfolio manager. ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
IFM Investors has partnered with ASX-listed firms GrainCorp and Ampol in a bid to establish the country's fledgling renewable fuels industry. The three organisations committed in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help reduce emissions, starting ...