Sustainable BusinessAustralian students strike against government funding for gas industry
Paulina Duran
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Students participate in a School Strike 4 Climate rally, demanding action on climate change, in Sydney, Australia, May 21, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Thousands of Australian students skipped school on Friday and gathered with climate activists to call on the government to stop funding the gas industry, taking aim at Prime Minister Scott Morrison s plans to fund a new gas plant.
During the event dubbed School Strike 4 Climate (SS4C), students are meeting in close to 50 Australian cities and towns, organisers said, including major capital districts following the removal of COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.
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Connecticut private equity firm Atlantic Street Capital has hired Jay Steinle from Lighthouse Investment as partner to build the firm’s investor relations function.
Steinle will take the lead for existing limited partner relations as well as developing new relationships, the firm said.
He previously spent six years as managing director for Lighthouse Investment, where he launched and expanded the firm’s separate account business.
Steinle also built a socially responsible hedge fund portfolio at the firm. He was formerly director of marketing for EACM Advisors, a division of BNY Mellon Asset Management.
Atlantic Street co-CEO Peter Shabecoff said, “We are delighted to have recruited Jay to join us as a partner to build this new function at ASC.
Private equity giant Apollo Global has lost its second of three co-founders, with Josh Harris set to follow Leon Black out of the door amid apparent dismay at being passed over for CEO.