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Plibersek threatens circularity laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Commission Inquiry into resource efficiency, a National Circular Economy Framework, a national 'recycled content first' policy, and sector-based circular economy targets. There is also a new report out from CSIRO on developing circular economy standards ...

AXA IM releases engagement data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 28% in 2022 - and 61% of votes used specifically as engagement escalation. The firm has a "Three strikes and you're out" policy on climate. Corporate governance was the second most targeted theme (executive pay, board composition, and shareholder rights) ...

Timber talks: Cultivating natural capital with Sarah Clawson

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... prioritising ESG principles. We discuss sustainable landscape management, carbon credits integrity, and First Nations engagement policy and philosophy. Sarah just completed a trip to New Forest's newly opened office in Africa; she discusses the firm's ...

Younger members drive demand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... the private companies it invests in; it exercises its proxies; and it works with government and industry associations on policy matters, including on ESG. This strong ESG focus became the fund's competitive advantage. In a 2022 member survey, it ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
In the quest for impeccable biodiversity data, a trillion-dollar fund manager found an unlikely partner in a 143-year-old museum best known for 'Dippy', the dinosaur. At the RIAA conference yesterday, a panel was assembled to talk about the ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Working Group. The toolkit presents strategies to weigh financial risks, assess human rights impact, and advocate for public policy and regulatory change. It outlines key concerns, provides case studies, outlines methodologies for understanding risks ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... 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 International Crisis Group. ...

Proxy voting targets DEI and pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... fraud, according to MSCI. Paulson also said executive pay is in the firing line for proxy voting. According to the Economic Policy Institute, CEOs are now paid 344 times as much as workers. In 1965 they earned 21 times as much. "We voted against 22% ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... tools such as sustainability-linked and facilitative finance. It is the only big four bank reportedly without a substantive policy to restrict financing to new oil and gas, CEF says. "Banks need to actively reorient their lending if they are to align ...

Competition watchdog exec first boss at think tank

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... appointed ex-ACCC economics lead Baethan Mullen as its inaugural CEO. With more than 20 years' experience in public policy, competition and advocacy, Mullen will lead efforts in research and policy at the new climate-focused think tank. TSI was created ...
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