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Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... change by announcing we would manage our portfolio in line with global net zero emissions by 2040," said Ben Way, chief executive officer, Macquarie Asset Management. "Today, we are proud to continue this journey as we join the Net Zero Asset Managers ...

Say on climate a "milestone moment" for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... become wider practice to allow clearer, more transparent comparisons of targets and how they will be implemented through executive remuneration, future capital expenditure and other issues. As of publication, the boards of Oil Search, Rio Tinto, Santos ...

Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... limiting temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius as of the report. The investor group also calls on corporate boards and executive management teams to improve climate change governance. The report notes that 139 focus companies assessed (87%) have board-level ...

Diversity, human rights, climate change lead agenda: ASI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Asia Pacific at ASI. "At this point, the focus is on companies that have lower levels of female representation on their executive leadership team. "When ASI engages with portfolio companies on diversity and inclusion, the engagement is two-fold, encouraging ...

Measuring the gap between ASX board ethics, exec performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... there was a disconnect between the values of the organisation and the routine actions taken by the CEOs and the senior executive team. "The board were setting values which the community would expect to see, but the problem is that he management couldn't ...

More women on ASX200 boards, but lag in CEO and chair roles: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Women now hold more than a third of board seats on the ASX200, but still lag in chair and chief executive roles, according to analysis by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI released its research in time for International ...

Hiring culturally diverse women improves organisational leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Century. The report finds that Asian-Australians represent 9.3% of the Australian labour force, but only 4.9% are in senior executive levels. Shi suggested that women from Asian backgrounds make up an even smaller proportion of that number. " I regularly ...

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 ...

APA Group sets net zero targets for emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... we are already doing the necessary and critical work to guide us into the future," said Rob Wheals, APA Group chief executive and managing director. "We have a climate management plan framework that sets priority areas and describes the actions we will ...

Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... joining Glencore, Unilever, Aena and Moody's. "We meet with the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) group regularly at the Board, Executive Committee and climate team levels, and we value their co-ordination of investor engagement," Rio said in a statement. ...