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Companies' ESG efforts improve

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... emissions to executive remuneration (up from 34% last year), while 39% say their companies link senior pay to employee welfare (up from 32%). Both responses are now more common than do not link, although this remains the most popular answer among China ...

BetaShares reveals Future of Food ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... population, improved living standards, more awareness about the impacts of livestock on greenhouse gas emissions and animal welfare considerations. As a result, many people have replaced animal-based foods with plant-based alternatives or have sought ...

Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... University (ANU) has partnered with St Vincent de Paul Society on a new report highlighting reforms that could make the tax and welfare systems fairer ahead of the federal election. The report examines three options for helping families and individuals ...

Cash bonus and fuel excise cut

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... with a number of temporary spending measures. For starters, roughly six million eligible pensioners, veterans, carers, welfare recipients and concession card holders will receive a one-off payment of $250 in their bank accounts which will be automatically ...

Tough news for those already doing it tough

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... in January 2021 to $150 a fortnight and were entirely ceased by the end of March 2021. Expenses in social security and welfare overall - which includes expenses for pensions, services to the aged, unemployment support, disabilities support, income support ...

Guy Debelle resigns from RBA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... June. "I am honoured and privileged to have worked at the bank for the past 25 years and contributed to improving the welfare of the Australian people," Debelle said. "The bank is a great institution which serves Australia well, including most recently ...

Super funds failing on animal protection

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
Most superannuation funds overlook the importance of preventing animal cruelty, a global welfare organisation finds. After analysing 200 super funds, World Animal Protection found that 90% do not have a policy that prevents them from investing in animal ...

Catholic Super adds to trustee board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... oversees the savings of the Catholic community to build and grow Catholic schools, parishes, hospitals, aged care and welfare facilities. He has also previously held several senior roles at Commonwealth Bank, including as executive manager, originations ...

Actuary of the Year named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... equity, homelessness, children who are in out-of home-care, suicide prevention initiatives and the investment approach to welfare spending and public housing. Miller recently completed the Australian Actuaries Intergenerational Equity Index for the Actuaries ...

NGS, ACSRF shelve merger plans

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... membership was about 90,000 members and 15,000 employers. Its members work in Catholic education, healthcare, aged care and welfare. Its total assets were $9.5 billion. Both funds are public offer, with NGS being the bigger of the two. At the time of ...