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Podcast: The biggest misconception fund managers have about stewardship with Rachel Alembakis

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Today, Rachel Alembakis joins us on the show to discuss her role as stewardship manager at U Ethical. Alembakis pivoted from a career in journalism - including as the prior editor of FS Sustainability - and says that communication skills are one of ...

Energy market not fit for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Merzian. "A rethink is essential to attract sufficient investment, lower the cost of capital for renewables, and build Australia's modern clean energy grid." A strategy of negotiating extensions for ageing coal plants beyond their initially planned retirement ...

No charge for carbon target failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... significant strategies for climate resilience and adaptation." The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) is confident Australia's mandatory reporting rules will make companies' stated targets more reliable. "Climate reports will be externally audited ...

NAB backs green bank for Aussie farmers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Australia's green bank has announced a $300 million asset finance partnership with NAB to help Aussie farmers upgrade their vehicles and equipment to drive down emissions. Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will support discounted interest rates ...

Activist investors set sights on paid parental leave

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... leave policy. The activist investor works by gathering 100 shareholders, the minimum required to file a resolution in Australia. "In the coming weeks, I'll be meeting with major investors to show them the risks G8 Education is taking by ignoring this ...

Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... seven-year stint at Christian Super and Australian Ethical, Piper served as chief operating officer at World Vision Australia and spent five years based in Cyprus as the charity's senior director of operations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. ...

Looming climate audits expose talent crunch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Approved this week, Australia's new sustainability audit timelines have sparked concerns around the readiness of businesses scrambling to fill a skills shortfall. Thousands of progressively smaller entities will gradually fall under the mandatory disclosure ...

ESG pay skyrockets - but gap widens

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... notable pay gap - most starkly across the ditch, but also widening between genders. Of 1800 surveyed professionals across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, Australian chief sustainability officers are the highest paid, with an average potential earnings ...

Orbis recruits investment specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Orbis' relationships with research houses and support the firm's focus on the retail channel and fund suite in Australia. Du Preez joins Orbis from sister company, Allan Gray Australia, where he served as a business development manager working ...

Quant fund hires from JP Morgan

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
Alternative fund manager East Coast Capital Management has snared a JP Morgan investment lead as its chief executive. Haslinger is tasked with growing the Sydney-based systematic fund manager's assets under management, focusing on wholesale and ...