Michael Pollard

Oct 22, 2024 | community.spiceworks.com | Michael Pollard

it-jobs-careers, featured, discussion chadowe (Chadowe) October 22, 2024, 3:19pm 21 The same myopic profit-focused mentality that is bringing down Boeing, Intel, and others has also relegated IT to little more than a necessary operational expense. Most leaders of companies, educated and trained in the last quarter century will view you with little to no appreciation. There may be some appreciation for cybersecurity consultants after an attack.

Aug 12, 2024 | community.spiceworks.com | Michael Pollard

Peter-Spiceworks (Peter (Spiceworks)) August 12, 2024, 7:00pm 1 Last week, in a discussion about how a large number of members of the Spiceworks Community and IT professionals didn’t study for a computer-related degree (but still ended up working in IT anyways), we discovered that many of you had very interesting careers before going into tech.

Jun 12, 2024 | lexology.com | Greg Allen |Tara Wylie |Don Holborow |James Hawes |Michael Pollard |Michaël Sage | +1 more

On 10 June 2024, the Associate Minister of Finance, Hon David Seymour, issued a new Ministerial directive letter relating to the processing of applications by the Overseas Investment Office (OIO).

Dec 6, 2023 | lexology.com | Andrew Matthews |Anita Birkinshaw |Don Holborow |James Hawes |Jania Baigent |Michael Pollard | +3 more

The UK Court of Appeal has recently dismissed two climate-related shareholder claims against company directors. The cases reflect the courts’ continued unwillingness to interfere with directors’ decision-making on climate grounds. Key takeaways:Directors must make judgement calls when determining how to balance all risks faced by a company, including those involving climate factors. Courts are unlikely to interfere with directors’ judgement unless they blatantly disregard climate risk.

Jun 19, 2023 | lexology.com | Andrew Kirk |Gerald Lanning |Joanna Lim |Michael Pollard |Michaël Sage |Sally Mckechnie | +1 more

The Ministry for the Environment has opened consultation on significant changes that could be made to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Submissions close at midnight on Friday 11 August 2023 and the full details can be found here. The aim is, in the words of the Minister of Climate Change, “to make sure it’s fit for the job ahead - cutting carbon pollution”. There will be a wide range of views on the need for change and the suitability of the options.