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Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... captures a quiet but powerful signal: even as markets pull back, impact-led founders continue to attract support. It's a vote of confidence in businesses solving the world's hardest problems."

Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... confirmed that, subject to agreeing on acceptable terms for a binding SIA, it intends to unanimously recommend that shareholders vote in favour of the proposed transaction, provided no superior proposal emerges and an independent expert concludes the ...

Macquarie shareholders call for transparency

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
More than 180 shareholders are calling on Macquarie Group to disclose the full extent of its financing for fossil fuels and outline how it will ensure alignment with its climate commitments. The Macquarie shareholders, along with Market Forces, filed ...

Aware Super, HESTA join forces against Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... we expect on behalf of our 1.2 million members and poses a risk to their financial futures." Brunton said HESTA chose to vote against the remuneration plan as the fund felt the remuneration outcomes were high relative to shareholder experience, together ...

Labor win 'a referendum on renewable energy'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Council says the Albanese government's landslide win in the federal election was a vote of confidence by the Australian people in the nation's clean energy future. Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton said Labor's win ...

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... he said. Despite the death, Palliser said it would continue engaging with Rio shareholders and the board, arguing that the vote underscored growing frustration with the miner's governance. The resolution was backed by proxy advisors ISS and Glass Lewis ...

Index investors keen on proxy voting: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
A new survey from Vanguard reveals that investors in passive strategies increasingly want to partake in proxy voting. Of the total 1347 participants aged 18 and over who took part in the survey, 83% said it is important that asset managers consider ...

Trump presidency pushes Aussies to ethical super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025  |  NEWS
The inauguration of President Donald Trump in the US and the heightened volatility and uncertainty that has followed has been a boon for Future Super, the fund says. Analysis of Future Super's member acquisition data shared with FS Sustainability ...

SEC drops defence of climate disclosures rule

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... case brought before the Eighth Circuit. The case had already been paused in February at the SEC's request. Following the vote, SEC staffers have been told they are "no longer authorised to advance the arguments in the brief" the regulator had filed under ...

Woodside investors urged to sack the board over dud returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... more engagement with investors - without substantively addressing investors' climate concerns," it said. The ACCR said a vote against all directors up for election is warranted, taking aim at Ann Pickard, who has chaired the Sustainability Committee ...
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