Persephone Fraser

Persephone is the Ethical Research & Climate Policy Lead at Australian Ethical. Persephone performs ethics research to define Australian Ethical's sustainable investment universe. She is responsible for assessing investments against the Australian Ethical Charter, evaluating the impacts of industries and investments on people, animals and the planet. She also engages in ethical stewardship activities, and is responsible for policy advocacy and strategic engagement work streams and communications. Her focus areas include climate change, including high emitting and hard to abate sectors like built environment, and transition facilitating activities like transition minerals and hydrogen.

Before joining Australian Ethical, Persephone worked in research across the Climate Justice Initiative, Common Capital, Reconciliation Australia, and the Greens.