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AI poses serious governance risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... governance risks when the technology fails. Professor Nicholas Davis, a leading academic on emerging technologies from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), spoke at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference yesterday ...

Apostle promotes PM to investment lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... the impact portfolio management team. She made the move after completing a sustainability finance course at Cambridge University. Soon, she managed the firm's sustainable investment portfolio strategy and led the initiatives to advance industry best ...

Industry unveils plan to boost female executives

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... universities and the early career candidate market being full of talented, curious and highly numerate women, the pathway from university to an investment role tends to favour proven men over women with perhaps greater potential."

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... environmental sourcing practices, the Sustainable Procurement Disclosure Index (SPDI) reveals. The new index from RMIT University assessed 32 standards across governance, economic, social and environmental domains, as set out by the internationally recognised ...

Looking beyond the gender pay gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... responsibilities. It is also the result of "a complex mix of societal and workplace factors, that can start as early as school or university, when women think about what industries they want to work in," White said. Employers need to have a clear roadmap ...

Climate tech gets funding boost

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... lower cost net-zero hydrogen production. The project is a partnership between 1414 Degrees, Woodside Energy, Adelaide University, RMIT, and Vulcan Steel. $3 million was awarded for a new recycling system that converts hard-to-recycle plastics and tyre ...

Nature-related disclosures underway

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Brambles, Forico, Telstra, the Port of Newcastle, the GPT Group, Transurban Limited, AirTrunk Operating, Landcom, and The University of Sydney. Globally, adopters include Norwegian Central Bank investment manager Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) ...

Australian gender pay gap data to be revealed from February

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... issue that reflects cultural issues and work practices. Last year, research from Ardea IM and the Australian National University found that men receive more unsolicited promotions than women - and this could be one factor contributing to the gender pay ...

Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... investing in major energy companies - and may be overlooking the financial risk from litigation, researchers from Oxford University and the University of Melbourne warn. Accounting for recent developments in legal action significantly changes the distribution ...

Podcast: 60,000+ years of care for country - Josh Gilbert

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Researcher at the UTS Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research and is completing his PhD at Charles Sturt University, focusing on the post-colonial involvement of Indigenous peoples in Western agricultural systems. We talk about Gilbert's ...