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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 ...

Australian Ethical profit up 57% to $18.5m

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... 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 and BT Investment Management and chair of Impact Investing Australia has been appointed executive director, effective ...

Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... of the resolution. Even a 20% vote in favour would send a strong signal for corporate action, says Adam Verwey, founder and CEO of Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX) and founder of Future Super. SIX has partnered with Ethinvest, Ethical Investment ...

Podcast: Investing in low-carbon, energy-efficient green buildings with Davina Rooney

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... discuss, host Rose Mary Petrass, senior journalist at FS Sustainability welcomes Davina Rooney on to the podcast. Davina is CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) - a group helping steer Australia's built environment sector towards ...