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A portfolio approach for renewable investment: Energetics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... long duration storage; support for offshore wind development; accelerating network infrastructure build; and investment in skills, supply chains and communities. One challenge that needs to be managed is the fact that renewable energy generation isn't ...

Mandatory climate reporting challenges directors: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... scratch and what sort of validation and assurance you could receive. The board nominating committee could be looking at the skills needed and how do we upskill on an ongoing basis. The remuneration committee may need to look at this as one of the big ...

ZEN Energy recruits new senior exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... performance has positioned us to extend our impact on the energy transition. Phillipa brings a very complementary set of skills and capabilities to negotiate the next five years of growth." ZEN Energy is an electricity retailer that has a "near-term ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... energy products. In assessing votes for AGMs, the superfund will consider progress in these areas and the readiness of board skills and composition for the low-carbon transition. The fund will also engage to address the gender pay gap, workplace culture ...

Business climate action "irreversible": Combet

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... impacted communities. There is also a huge need for upskilling and private investment. "The government has created Jobs and Skills Australia and it is looking at the skill requirement we need to make the transition and move towards a clean economy," ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
TelstraSuper has hired an experienced sustainability professional as sustainable investment manager. Priya Patel joins TelstraSuper from Frontier, where she was senior responsible investment adviser. Patel will report to David Humphreys, head of sustainable ...

Men receiving higher salary increases than women: ADP

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... workers is likely to have long-term consequences. Overlooking these individuals may lead to the loss of vital knowledge and skills as they seek better pay and conditions elsewhere." Ryan added: "The idea that there is no pay gap is a myth - it is just ...

Regional renewable investments ramp up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
This week saw new deals for renewables projects across the country amid concerns around a critical skills shortage in the sector. $3b Rewiring the Nation deal to power WA industry The federal government will spend $3 billion on Western Australia's ...

Bridging the ESG gap: strategies for institutional investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the biggest barrier to ESG progress, followed by regulatory barriers (39%), inconsistent standards (37%), and inadequate skills (36%). Thanks to a lack of clarity from the European Commission on its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), Bloomberg ...

Climate action both risk and opportunity to Australia: Intergenerational Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... transformation move to occupations with lower hours or mismatched skill levels or exit from the labour force." "Jobs and Skills Australia is completing a Clean Energy Capacity Study to provide evidence and insights to support the workforce transition ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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