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Hiring culturally diverse women improves organisational leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... which focused on engaging with companies to appoint women to a minimum of 30% of board positions, and suggested that this target could be extended into senior management positions as well. She also suggested that encouraging women should happen at multiple ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... is partly a response to policy and partly shifting economics in that sector." Australia has a "de facto" zero emissions target by 2050 because each state and territory has set a target, and Wood believes Prime Minister Scott Morrison is moving towards ...

C-suite executives cite climate as top risk to growth: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's C-suite executives worry more about climate change as the top risk to growth, beating out COVID-19, according to EY. That puts Australian executives in a unique position over other global executives, which still view the pandemic as ...

Super, fund manager lends muscle to net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
A leading superannuation and managed fund provider has become the latest to set a net zero 2050 carbon target for its portfolio. Mercer Australia has committed to a target of net-zero absolute carbon emissions by 2050 for its Australian Funds and the ...

Property developer sets more ambitious timeline to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... carbon emissions across its portfolio of nearly $6.2 billion by 2028, two years earlier than its earlier commitment. The target will encompass all of its assets. Stockland said it will achieve its Net Zero Carbon target through continuing the successful ...

Mars Australia shifts to 100% renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Mars Australia will transition to using renewable electricity for its facilities as part of the company's global greenhouse gas emissions targets. Mars Australia is moving to 100% renewable energy at six factories and two offices in Australia, using ...

CEFC finances Tesla megapack battery project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... project before the next Australian summer and are looking forward to playing our part in helping Victoria reach its ambitious target of 50% renewable energy by 2030." The $50 million CEFC senior debt commitment was the first project financing of a stand-alone ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... have a fundamental view, and they have a long-term lens, which is why in our framework we set a five-year carbon-reduction target." Engagement can be part of this process, allowing asset owners to speak with issuers of credit that is already in their ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... the year to cover at least 20% of countries' populations in an equitable fashion. "That is still about a fifth of the target population, which is still very far from achieving herd immunity," Tan noted. The inequities in global societies that COVID-19 ...

Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... is the highest and most severe," Brodie said. "For the financial services sector, it's critical that they start to target the highest places of risk." At first pass, companies should be conducting activities that give them clarity on the scope of ...