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QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... a platform of 10 energy and utilities assets globally, via a team of 25 investment specialists and 25 non-executive directors and advisers. Last year QIC acquired Bluecurrent, an Australasian smart metering business, adding to its portfolio that also ...

Sustainable Finance Roadmap to turbocharge investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... ASFI and the IGCC, alongside the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia ...

Brookfield bids for majority stake in Neoen

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... be obtained by the end of the year and that the tender offer would be launched early next year. Neoen's board of directors unanimously welcomed Brookfield's proposal and appointed French financial advisory firm Finexsi as an independent expert ...

Accountants say digital is key

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... reporting requirements, which are getting sharper focus from stakeholders and come with expanded liability for company directors," Cosgrove said. "Leveraging existing skillsets from finance functions, establishing accountability across the organisation ...

ESG professionals' salary guide revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... being $345,000. The average salary for a 'head of' role was $327,000 with the highest coming in at $601,000. Directors and board members get an average salary of $350,000, with the highest reported at $501,000. The average bonus for a junior ...

J.P. Morgan vows $2.5 tn for sustainable development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... employees globally. On the gender equity front, the bank achieved 49% women employees globally, including 45% women directors, and 28% senior level employees. The firm reported on its US race/ethnicity data. It reported higher ethnic and racial diversity ...

Investors back climate disclosure mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... over $80 trillion of assets, and encompasses 7.7 million retail shareholders, more than 900 companies, and over 80,000 directors, senior executives, accountants and other business professionals. The bills are currently before parliament. This comes as ...

Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Board directors of energy companies continue to be elected with over 95% shareholder support, even when those companies perform poorly against investor expectations. More than six years after the launch of the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) Net Zero Company ...

MLC Life hires from U Ethical

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
A former U Ethical Investors' ethics and impact manager has landed at MLC Life Insurance as a sustainability manager. In the new role, Desiree Lucchese will help advance, refine, and implement the insurer's broad sustainability strategy and ...

Directors welcome new climate reporting regime

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... for international capital and incentivise investment in the energy transformation. The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) welcomed the development. Managing director and CEO Mark Rigotti said the rules will incentivise organisations to ...