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Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... issue." "We invest in a number of companies where the human capital are the key aspect because they are people-driven business. They tend to get that more than other companies." Ausbil also tracks general staff engagement, CEO approval rates, and specific ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Street's ESG analytics platform, such as water and waste management, labour practices, employee diversity and inclusion, business model resilience, and business ethics, among other indicators. "We designed the system with flexible reporting in mind ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... protection of value at asset level. Nuveen Real Estate has committed to "reviewing each asset and creating a net zero business plan for every building, ensuring buildings operate as energy efficiently as possible and work alongside occupiers to guarantee ...

Measuring the gap between ASX board ethics, exec performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... community is good and serving the customer is good. Then, by using scenario testing, boards can identify the risks in the business, and remuneration should be picking on that stuff as well." Image courtesy of Charles Forerunner, via Unsplash

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... challenge to the due diligence process, Signori noted. "We also manage emerging manager strategies within the private equity business, which invests in generally overlooked and underserved managers," she said. "We are trying to connect the dots closer ...

Hiring culturally diverse women improves organisational leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... cultural backgrounds working in Australia in their latest report, Cracking the Cultural Ceiling: Future Proofing Your Business in the Asian Century. The report finds that Asian-Australians represent 9.3% of the Australian labour force, but only 4.9% ...

Economist urges drastic action on climate change policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... would bring economic cost to Australia's exported goods, Wood said. "There has already some cost there from the lack of business certainty because we haven't managed to nail down a stated framework in this space," she said. "I think we now have the business ...

C-suite executives cite climate as top risk to growth: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... second reason I would say that the understanding of how to respond to issues with climate change are much more complex. Business have a picture about how to respond to COVID-19 in some ways, whereas with climate change, there are more concerns around ...

Property developer sets more ambitious timeline to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... "We'll use commercial property as the example, because we have sustainable asset plans as part of the day to day business," Hogan said. "We have asset specific targets around NABERS, and we have embedded aims about trying to uplift the performance ...

Mars Australia shifts to 100% renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the switch to 100% renewable electricity," said Bill Heague, general manager Mars Food Australia. "At Mars, we believe business, government, and individuals must work together to take meaningful action on climate change. This move ensures we are playing ...