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HESTA urges ASX300 to heed investor concerns

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
In a letter sent to the top listed companies in its investment portfolio, the $87 billion super fund has set out its engagement priorities ahead of the upcoming AGM season. Key areas include climate change, nature loss, gender equality and fair working ...

Study finds answer to land use battle

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... transition pathways for the APAC region, according to analysis from BloombergNEF. "Despite an abundance of land and sun, Australia is yet to adopt a thriving agrivoltaics sector," said Madeline Taylor, senior lecturer at the Macquarie Law School and ...

Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A joint statement from deputy leader of the opposition Sussan Ley, shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, and shadow minister for social services Michael Sukkar noted that the Coalition provided in-principal support for super on government-funded paid parental ...

Schroders quietly backpedals on carbon

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Schroders has quietly changed its exclusion policy and sustainable fund offering, all while issuing a disclaimer on ESG. The active investment manager dropped the word 'Sustainable' from its Schroder Sustainable Global Core Fund; the fund will now be ...

Clarity on sector pathways sparks investor confidence

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
The Climate Change Authority's (CCA) sectoral pathways guidance finds every sector across the economy needs investment to reach net zero and pull the brakes on runaway climate change. Further investment is needed in net zero technology across the six ...

Super gap to close in 2042

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Women are far more likely to incur pay and progression penalties due to working part time or flexibly, the study finds. Australia has one of the highest rates of part-time employment for women. But this has dropped by 3.2 percentage points to 29.7% in ...

Natural gas buyout bulldozes investors: Analysts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Woodside disregards historic investor rejection of its climate plan; the energy giant's US$1.2bn natural gas takeover negates its US$2.35bn carbon capture buy "more than 21 times over". Woodside's US$1.2bn bid for Tellurian and its Driftwood ...

CareSuper ousts ESG policies in merger

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
CareSuper will drop Spirit Super's emissions targets, impact investing, and exclusions of controversial weapons and fossil fuels. The merger slated for November will create a new CareSuper entity with 573,000 members and $53 billion funds under management. ...

ClearBridge launches new ESG fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
ClearBridge Investments has launched the Global Value Improvers Fund, which aims to provide exposure to undervalued companies and those that are currently improving on ESG measures. This comes after ClearBridge launched its first global equity option ...

Help on the way for hidden supply chain slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... said. The commissioner is also developing a code of practice for the renewables sector with the Clean Energy Council, Australia's peak boy for the clean energy industry. In January, the Human Rights Law Centre said the commission should have enforcement ...