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Macquarie remuneration report hit with first strike

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Macquarie Group suffered its first strike against its remuneration report at the annual general meeting yesterday, with 25.4% of shareholders expressing their dissatisfaction. Macquarie Group chair Glenn Stevens told the meeting that senior leaders ...

ESG experts' earning potential revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Leaders in the fields of ESG and sustainability can command up to $280,000 in remuneration, according to Hays' latest Salary Guide. This amount of money can be earned in New South Wales, which shows that sustainability professionals in the state ...

Brighter Super boosts agriculture portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Brighter Super has awarded a $75 million mandate to Riparian Capital Partners. The $28.5 billion superannuation fund is allocating the funds to the Queensland Riparian Agriculture and Food Transition Trust (QRAFT). Brighter Super chief executive Kate ...

IGCC releases capital alignment framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has released a new framework to help investors bridge the capital allocation gap when it comes to financing the climate transition. The Financing Australia's Corporate Climate Transition report provides guiding ...

Gender diversity, overboarding top of mind for instos: Georgeson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The lack of gender diversity, independence and 'overboarding,' are some of the top reasons why institutional investors voted against directors, according to Georgeson, after analysing trends in the latest mini-AGM season. Analysing the AGM season between ...

UK ditches sustainable finance taxonomy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The UK government has abandoned the Green Taxonomy as it believes it "would not be the most effective tool to deliver the green transition" and should not be part of the sustainable finance framework. "Whilst the government's ambitions to continue as ...

Munro decarbonisation fund tops ESG performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
Managed funds topped the ESG category in Rainmaker Information's latest leagues table, with Munro Partners' decarbonisation-focused fund outperforming its peers. In the May 2025 Wholesale Managed Funds Report, the Munro Climate Change Leaders ...

APESB releases ethics, independence standards

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) launched new standards that set out new ethical and independence requirements for sustainability reporting and assurance in Australia. The amending standards relate to APES 110 Code of ...

CEFC adds to electric vehicles portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested $6 million with Zenobē, which will use the funds to produce battery electric trucks that will then be leased to Woolworths. The CEFC said the funding finance supports the delivery of a fleet ...

Former board member kickstarts crowdfunding for CalPERS probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
A former California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) board member is seeking to launch an independent investigation into the pension fund for alleged mismanagement and misconduct and hopes to raise the funds to do so via GoFundMe. Margaret ...