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Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... appointments are: Paul Polman, author and Unilever ex-CEO; Rhian-Mari Thomas, Green Finance Institute CEO and TNFD senior adviser; Simon Zadek, author and Nature Finance co-CEO.

Greenwashing remains a priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
The call to stamp greenwashing at the root may have the potentially unintended consequence of stopping big companies from doing a better job at tackling environmental risks, including climate change. It was a packed room last Thursday at the annual ...

Mind the gap: Women in ESG may earn more than broader finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... 18% gender pay gap. Talent Nation also recruits for New Zealand - where Evans says there is pay parity across the board. Simon Gvalda, specialist ESG recruiter at Kaizen Recruitment said that in ESG roles the gender balance "is a lot more balanced than ...

ESG skills in hot demand in risk, compliance hiring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... and compliance professionals within financial services." Demand for ESG-related expertise is part of the equation, said Simon Gvalda, a manager at Kaizen Recruitment. "Businesses need to ensure that standards of reporting, systems and policy procedures ...

COP28 key outcomes: what it means for finance

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... page on the fossil fuel era in Dubai, this outcome is the beginning of the end," said UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell in his closing speech. "Now all governments and businesses need to turn these pledges into real-economy outcomes ...

New advisory body for nature investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Finance Institute (ASFI) CEO Kristy Graham, outgoing Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) CEO Simon O'Connor, ClimateWorks CEO Anna Skarbek, and Australian Land Conservation Alliance CEO Jody Gunn. NAB global sustainable ...

Sustainable AUM tops US$30 trn despite tighter labels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... prominent role in helping bring about positive change in the years to come." Responsible Investment Association Australasia CEO Simon O'Connor also commented that the results show a maturing of the industry. "Standards have lifted across the world, to ...

Treasury proposes merger of accounting, audit bodies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... profession, industry and capital markets consultation," said CA ANZ's group executive advocacy and international development Simon Grant. Grant said he is concerned by the lack of detail around important issues such as adequate funding and ensuring Australia's ...

Capacity Investment Scheme expansion to jolt renewable energy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... plants. The Australian Pipelines and Gas Association said the scheme is "the equivalent of planning to quit cold turkey." Simon Corbell, CEO of the Clean Energy Investor Group said that clean energy investors "strongly welcome this major policy initiative ...

RIAA creates co-CEO model to replace outgoing O'Connor

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Parker and Dean Hegarty will take the helm of the organisation in early December, following the departure of outgoing CEO Simon O'Connor. Both Hegarty and Parker are currently executive managers at RIAA, and Hegarty has been RIAA's first Aotearoa ...
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