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HESTA ups the ante on AGL, Santos on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
HESTA has placed AGL, Origin, Santos and Woodside on a watchlist over concerns that their stated climate strategies do not meet the transition pathway to containing global warming at 1.5ËšC. The $68 billion super fund has also lifted its 2030 emissions ...

HESTA, ISPT invests in medical office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
HESTA and ISPT have invested $140 million to develop a medical office building in Melbourne, their first direct property acquisition in the healthcare and life sciences sector. ISPT and HESTA as mandate partner will co-develop an on-hospital-campus ...

EY partners to deliver Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... industry-led process to develop a sustainable finance taxonomy for Australia." ASFI noted that project funding from CBA, NAB, Cbus, HESTA, IFM, IAG and Deloitte has allowed "momentum to build" around developing an Australian sustainable finance taxonomy. ...

Ramsay commits to Net Zero by 2040

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... targets, and also we're a science-based organisation," the spokesperson added. "It's about having that alignment." In April, HESTA announced it is part of a consortium led by KKR to acquire all the issued share capital of Ramsay Health Care. Image courtesy ...

HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Super fund HESTA says aligning Australian law to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP) would enhance outcomes for Indigenous Australians as well as stronger long-term returns for super fund members. Human rights ...

Calls for transformation, climate skill in AGL board renewal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... and Accel Energy (coal and gas-fired power plants). The decision was opposed by shareholders including Grok Ventures and HESTA. Chair Peter Botten has now resigned and chief executive and managing director Graeme Hunt, also a member of the board, will ...

HESTA first super fund to oppose AGL demerger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Industry super fund HESTA will vote against a proposed demerger of energy utility AGL, becoming the first super fund to state their proxy voting intentions in public. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger, as reported ...

ASX boards need to "quickly evolve" on ESG skills: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... track every conversation and engagement with a company and we set timeframes whereby we expect to see results. "Becoming a Hesta 40:40 company - a company can do that in 6 to 12 months, but setting an emissions pathway or becoming a TCFD reporter can ...

HESTA "unlikely to support" AGL demerger without faster closure of coal-fired stations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
HESTA is "unlikely to support" the demerger of AGL unless the company sets a clear strategy to invest in renewables and storage and "strong commitments" to close coal-fired power plants earlier than currently proposed. "To lower systemic risk and protect ...

Investor backing for Say on Climate votes: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Active Super, AMP, AustralianSuper, Aware Super, BT Financial Group, CareSuper, Cbus Super, Equipsuper, Colonial First State, HESTA, HostPlus, Mercer, Mine Super, NGS Super, QSuper, REST, SunSuper, Telstra Super, UniSuper and Vision Super. The 10 remaining ...