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Watchdog cracks down on climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... change to investment portfolios, allowing the Australian investment community to play its role in the carbon transition," CEO Blake Briggs said. "Having consistent reporting of climate risk across Australian companies helps ensure that investment decisions ...

Industry lobbying weakens nature laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... shifting the system's focus and resources away from protecting habitat, threatened species, and the natural environment," BCA CEO Bran Black said. The BCA also argued that an independent Environmental Protection Agency would have the power to make project ...

Investors worth $42trn target state leaders at COP29

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... lacking to fund climate solutions to enable the world to reach its targets, according to Rebecca Mikula-Wright, AIGCC and IGCC CEO and steering committee member for the group. "At COP29 policymakers will be deciding whether to accelerate the global shift ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... material financial risk to investments including those held in everyday Australians' retirement savings," Estelle Parker, Co-CEO of RIAA. RIAA is partnering with the Australian Land Conservation Alliance (ALCA), the national peak body for privately ...

Exec pay lands listed firms in hot water

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Seven ASX300 companies were hit with shareholder backlash over their executive remuneration schemes in the first half of the year, with more 'strikes' likely as the AGM season continues. Global proxy solicitor Georgeson, which analysed shareholder ...

HESTA urges ASX300 to heed investor concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... technologies, and approving credible climate plans to facilitate an 'orderly' transition to a low-carbon economy. HESTA CEO Debby Blakey said the engagement themes reflect material financial risks. She said successful engagements will improve ...

Super gap to close in 2042

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... strategy on flexible work have higher rates of women managers working part-time. Bianca Hartge-Hazelman, Financy founder and CEO, blames slow progress on persistent gender norms. Women bear "the brunt of economic uncertainty largely because they still ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... week, analysts barely raised an eyebrow. Morgan Stanley's Rob Koh was the sole enquirer on Woodside's transition plan. CEO Meg expressed disappointment on the vote outcome, but acknowledged investor concern on emissions, offsets, demand resilience ...

ESG ratings risk greenwash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... reasonable grounds and be easily understood by investors," ASIC commissioner Kate O'Rourke had said. Yet Scientific Beta deputy CEO and index director Daniel Aguet said ESG ratings fail ASIC's test across these three conditions. "They are not ...

Music mecca hits the right note for nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... businesses with a simple way to offset their emissions, while also supporting biodiversity projects local to them," said TEM CEO Adrian Enright. Laneway Festival became the first customer. The purchase was made to offset emissions by touring festival ...