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Green moves: Australian Ethical, Optus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... Helen Maisano to its board. Maisano brings more than 25 years of experience in community investment and corporate responsibility, having previously worked across the NGO sector before establishing Optus' corporate social responsibility team. At the ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... organisations from malicious cyber security attacks such as phishing, ransomware, and malware is now a pillar of corporate responsibility, particularly as the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) kicked in for superannuation funds and insurance firms ...

Woodside investors urged to sack the board over dud returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Woodside's board is on notice as the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) urges investors to clean house, blaming directors for chronically weak returns and climate risk failures. The ACCR filed members' statements opposing the re-election ...

Australia leads in greenwashing lawsuits

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Mercer, and Active Super have all been caught in the crosshairs. The hearing of the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility's (ACCR) claims against Santos took place on Monday, with the case due to conclude on Friday. At the nexus of climate ...

Green job market heats up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Edwina Kwan, an international arbitration lawyer, became general counsel for the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) in July, after nearly a decade at King & Wood Mallesons. ACCR executive director Brynn O'Brien praised Kwan's move ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... significant renewables investments and committed to decarbonise 50% by 2030. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which owns a small stake in Rio Tinto, worked since July 2023 to steer the mining company's public commitment towards ...

Demand up for green steel

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... their investment portfolio. Shareholder advocacy and research nonprofit, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), surveyed 500 global investors in steelmaking, iron ore and metallurgical coal mining. A large proportion of respondents ...

Preqin offers ESG benchmark for alternatives

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... more opportunities for capital to flow to sustainable investments," Preqin's head of ESG solutions and corporate responsibility Jaclyn Bouchard said. head of benchmarks Fabien Chen added: "With this latest launch, we hope to give practitioners another ...

Big super's plan on fossil fuel return

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... these companies fail to step into line." Woodside and Santos did not comment. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) recently accused Santos of not maximising returns for shareholders in its current capex heavy production growth ...

Surge in executive support for sustainability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... to build sustainable products and services," Cyril Garcia, head of global sustainability services and corporate responsibility and group executive board member said. "It's now or never for organisations: only those who will have invested early enough ...
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