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Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Monash course covers the legalities of ESG at large corporations. Bowley previously established a course on shareholder activism at Monash and conducted academic research on superannuation funds and corporate governance after transitioning from a successful ...

Activist platform launches full share trading

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Investment Exchange (SIX) has launched a new platform for ethical share trading. Until now, the company acted as a shareholder activism platform. Now investors can buy shares in ASX300 companies and a range of ETFs via the SIX app. The app includes ethical ...

Podcast: Director's guide to climate governance, reporting, and shareholder activism with Mark Rigotti and Anna Gudkov

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... delve into the evolving responsibilities of company directors in managing ESG risk, the growing influence of shareholder activism on climate action, and the critical role boards play in navigating these complex dynamics. Tune in to learn how directors ...

Exec pay lands listed firms in hot water

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... negative votes," he said. However, Murphy said Australia still has a long way to go compared with the level of shareholder activism seen in the US. Many institutional investors are still reluctant to vote in favour of a board spill resolution, where ...

Shareholders to pressure supermarkets over seafood sourcing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Government's Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC). High barrier for shareholder resolutions While shareholder activism is "very normal" overseas, it's a different story in Australia. In 2023, the US saw 607 resolutions on environmental ...

Shareholders to say 'no' to gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... start-up has a small but growing base of 300 trading accounts dedicated towards combining ethical investing with shareholder activism. At present, the platform only features 12 ASX-listed companies, which are the subject of their initial campaigns. It ...

Sandon Capital to buy carbon farms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... shareholders to take action. Australia, it believes, has the right legal and regulatory environment to make shareholder activism successful - following in the footsteps of the US, UK, and Europe, where shareholder activism is already common. CCI was ...

SIX launches share platform for investors, activists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... previously the product lead at ASX-listed Whispir "What we're offering is the ability for anyone to join a shareholder activism campaign to Australia's listed companies," Verwey said. "We are currently running two campaigns on the platform - ...

ACCC issues greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... has also moved up the investor agenda, and companies are experiencing increased investor scrutiny and even shareholder activism around their environmental and climate-related claims." Governance Institute identified examples of greenhushing including ...

HESTA's former head of impact launches consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... and companies. "I'd love to be able to help more and help companies understand how to genuinely approach shareholder activism with authenticity," Delahunty said. "The combining factor is that understand of setting an impact-first vision. We did that ...
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