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HESTA nabs Hostplus executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... responsible investments at VicSuper for two and a half years. Recently, HESTA worked on a campaign to engage with mining company Rio Tinto - which the fund is a shareholder in - following the Juukan Gorge destruction. The fund's engagement work aimed ...

Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... overseen his fair share of mergers that have contributed to the growth of both Equip and the joint venture, including those with Rio Tinto Superannuation Fund, the Pitcher Retirement Plan, the Dow Australia Superannuation Fund and, most recently, Toyota ...

The secret to looking good in the media: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... solution to the problem had not occurred to a successful businessperson. He also compared the BHP Samarco damn collapse to the Rio Tinto Juukan Gorge destruction. BHP, he said, had the chief executive on the ground in Brazil and fronting media immediately. ...

Savills IM appoints local team, launches fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
A newly created team, led by a former BlackRock regional executive, is boosting the international manager's presence in Australia as it launches its first pan-Asia strategy. Savills IM has appointed four, including former BlackRock managing director ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... in. It's the second largest exporter of iron ore (18.1% of total world exports) next to Australia (53.8%). Supply from Rio de Janeiro - where Vale S.A. (the country's largest iron ore miner) has its headquarters - is not expected to return to ...

Westpac best for ESG reporting in Australia: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... reporting common to all regions is transparency around stakeholder involvement," Paterson said. "You need look no further than Rio Tinto's destruction of Australia's cultural heritage at the Juukan Gorge rock shelter to see what can happen when a company ...

Financial sector has deep pockets for philanthropy: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... COVID-19 relief efforts, typically viral research and local communities, the 2020 GivingLarge Report found. Mining companies BHP, Rio, Newcrest and South32 contributed a combined $100 million. Macquarie Group gave $20 million via its foundation, while ...

Damning Rio report to shake mining industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
The damning report into Rio Tinto's destruction of the Juukan Gorge sacred sites has recommended mining companies completely change the way they do business, with super funds invested in miners already welcoming the findings. On 24 May 2020, Rio Tinto ...

Franking credits more important than ever

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... sustainable in the foreseeable future and believe there remains a positive outlook for the price of iron ore," Gardner said. "Rio Tinto and BHP are other notable dividend payers at the moment which offer retirees the additional benefit of fully franked ...

Chief economist update: V for vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... Encouraging test results for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech sent world equity markets from New York to Rio and ol' London town on the up and up and up. Pfizer and BioNTech are set to request FDA approval for emergency use authorization ...