28 March 2025

Economic optimism deficit as trust declines


GILES RAFFERTY Media and Corporate Communications An unprecedented decline in the number of employees who trust their employer to do the right thing – dropping three points globally – as revealed by the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer is mirrored in Australia where employee trust in their employer dropped 2 points. The Edelman Trust Barometer is […]

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5 March 2025

ESG reporting buffeted by winds of change


SALONI SURI, Shareholder Analytics and Investor Relations Australia’s new mandatory climate reporting regime came into force from the start of this year. As it is rolled out, listed and private companies, alongside financial institutions, will need to disclose information about their climate-related risks and opportunities in a ‘Sustainability Report’. For the year commencing 1 January […]

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29 January 2025

ESG is dead, long live ESG!


GILES RAFFERTY, Media and Financial PR As Trump 2.0 begins to coalesce, are the requirements for Companies to report on greenhouse gas emissions going up in smoke? A quick review of headlines such as: ‘Coalition vows to scrap emissions reporting as Trump prepares rollback’ – AFR, 2 January 2025, ‘Investor climate group suspends activities after […]

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28 November 2024

2024 a year of predictable unpredictability


GILES RAFFERTY, Media and Financial PR Whether it is ongoing climate change, Donald Trump having another tilt at the US presidency or the emergence of AI, these are all events that have been predicted. How they played out and what impacts they will have are very much subject to unpredictability. The recently published CSIRO/Bureau of […]

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31 October 2024

XCEND, a new force in Australian small to mid-cap registry services


Author: BLAKE STELZER, Managing Director and CEO, XCEND As XCEND, the new kid on the registry services block, prepares to welcome its 100th register we talk to Founder, Blake Stelzer, about what sets XCEND apart.  Can you give me a little background on XCEND and the journey to founding the company? Certainly, my co-founder (Ann […]

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