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Green moves: Aware Super, BlackRock, Taylor Fry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
A Housing Australia executive has joined BlackRock Australia as the firm's new head of fixed income and credit product strategy, marking a return to funds management after a distinguished public sector career. Katherine Palmer brings over 12 years ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
High-profile ethics and impact manager Desiree Lucchese has joined Aware Super as the reporting manager for climate change and sustainability. In her new role, Lucchese will blend technical expertise with change management to serve as a liaison across ...

Green moves: S&P, Northern Trust, Magellan, Maple-Brown Abbott

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
The high-profile Désirée Lucchese has farewelled the global ratings and research group S&P following a restructuring of its energy transition, sustainability and services teams. Lucchese now seeks a senior position in investment management or a company ...

S&P Global gains top sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The high-profile Désirée Lucchese has quit MLC Life Insurance after just four months to join S&P Global as a sustainability solutions specialist. Lucchese said she is keen to return to the "complex, nuanced and ever-evolving space of investment data ...

MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Sustainability and impact investment expert Désirée Lucchese has joined the board of a newly formed impact research and consulting firm as a non-executive director. Impact Alpha Partners (IAP), founded in 2023, sought Lucchese's expertise spanning ...

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 ...

Philanthropic donations under scrutiny

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... defeated 60-40 in October 2023. Any donation over $15,200 in a referendum must be declared to Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). Some companies that made the list have policies that ban political donations. The Yes campaign was led by Australians ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
TelstraSuper has hired an experienced sustainability professional as sustainable investment manager. Priya Patel joins TelstraSuper from Frontier, where she was senior responsible investment adviser. Patel will report to David Humphreys, head of sustainable ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Many companies and investors have come out with public statements on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, with some questioning the effectiveness - and appropriateness - of such statements. Corporates are evaluating whether ...

Greening the 2032 Brisbane Olympics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The 2032 Brisbane Olympics are an opportunity to set "a new sustainable paradigm" and transform the way infrastructure is designed, built, operated and maintained, according to AECOM and the Infrastructure Sustainability Council. The consultant and ...
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