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"Dismal" stats for women in ASX leadership roles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... problem and there is no one simple one action that is going to make all the difference," Lloyd-Hurwitz said. IAG managing director and CEO Nick Hawkins agreed. "This is not a topic that is a set and forget, and my experience with IAG is that we've had ...

HESTA CEO joins corporate governance board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
HESTA CEO Debby Blakey has been appointed to the Board of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). Blakey is the only Australian board member, whose members are responsible for assets of more than $79 trillion. ICGN represents institutional ...

Boral to go net zero by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... of them in parallel, it's just that some of them work with a longer gestation period," said Boral CEO and managing director Zlatko Todorcevski. "If I think about what we can do in the very short term, it includes everything from making modifications ...

Using the SDGs to develop sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... making investments towards companies and assets that support the accomplishment of the 17 SDGs, said Georg Kell, founding director, UN Global Compact; Co-Chair, DWS ESG Advisory Board; Speaker, Volkswagen Sustainability Council (GER), speaking at the ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... metrics. "We do look at whether companies are meeting any of the Sustainable Development Goals," said OneVentures managing director Michelle Deaker. "There are quite a number of SDGs that are relevant in healthcare and technology - sustainable cities ...

Advisers integrating positive impact into investment choices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... impact with their investments and have increasing scope to do so as product choice increases, according to CreationWealth director and senior financial planner Andrew Zbik. Zbick said more of his clients are asking him for investment options that align ...

New Climate Action 100 engagement to tackle food and beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Climate Action 100+ investors is that is their expectation is that companies tackle supply chain emissions," said Ceres director, food and forests Meryl Richards. "That's not new necessarily, but there's an increasing recognition of it. The new TCFD ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... investors are still working to find appropriate means and action to combat climate change, according to ISS ESG managing director Max Horster. "What we observed is that despite the transparency conversation in the market, the progress is actually quite ...

ASX companies not disclosing labour hire risks: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... low and investors are being left in the dark on the extent of labour hire and other outsourced relations," said ACCR director of workers' rights Katie Hepworth. "There have been some improvements in the reporting of the companies we profiled last ...

NSW Land Registry Services in $300m sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Linklaters acted as legal advisor. "The borrower was really interested in doing an SLL," said Bree Bailey, associate director, infrastructure at Westpac Institutional Bank. "This was partly driven by their investors, who have an interest in seeing their ...