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UBS nabs ex-UOB sustainability lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Science in Marketing from Nanyang Business School, as well as sustainability management and leadership training with the University of Cambridge and the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC).

Rockefeller org picks climate advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... Water (CEEW) founder and CEO, James Mwangi, Africa Climate Ventures CEO, Naoko Ishii, professor and director of the University of Tokyo's Center for Global Commons, Xiye Bastida, Re-Earth Initiative director, Vera Songwe, economist, and Archana Soreng ...

The rising role and risks of generative AI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... investment in OpenAI, the public nevertheless remains sceptical about AI's benefits. A survey by KPMG Australia and the University of Queensland, involving 17,000 people across 17 countries, found that Australians are among the most cautious regarding ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 2024 Conference held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre. Evans is a professor at the Australian National University's Crawford School of Public Policy, former Australian foreign minister and president emeritus and former CEO of the Brussels-based ...

Competition watchdog exec first boss at think tank

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... (ACCC), Commonwealth Treasury and the Australian Bureau of Statistics. He has qualifications from Harvard, Melbourne University and the Australian National University. Sims commented: "His previous experience at the ACCC, as general manager in charge ...

Philanthropic donations under scrutiny

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Indigenous Constitutional Recognition (AICR), which is a fundraising and organising vehicle. Donations also went to the University of New South Wales, home to The Uluru Dialogue group, behind the Uluru Statement from the Heart which petitioned for a ...

Flawed carbon credits add to business risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... data that informs Australia's national greenhouse accounts, analysed by researchers from the Australian National University, data analytics firm Haizea Analytics Pty Ltd, the University of New South Wales, and the University of Queensland. The research ...

Mercer nabs Aware sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... decisions, active ownership, and strategy." Interestingly, Shearman recently completed a Master of Sustainability from the University of Sydney and is currently a candidate for the grueling Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Level III program. Mercer ...

AI poses serious governance risk

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... governance risks when the technology fails. Professor Nicholas Davis, a leading academic on emerging technologies from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), spoke at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference yesterday ...

Apostle promotes PM to investment lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... the impact portfolio management team. She made the move after completing a sustainability finance course at Cambridge University. Soon, she managed the firm's sustainable investment portfolio strategy and led the initiatives to advance industry best ...