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First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... change," McDonald said. "It had always been there, but we honed in on specific questions on climate change and modern slavery. We want to work with our fund managers to ensure that the processes that they have and how they're looking at ESG in their ...

ESG data enhances value strategies: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... without a doubt is one of the most pressing issues," McKean said. "It is analogous to the risks of climate change and modern slavery, in a way. When I put MBA's revised ESG policies to the board for approval, the active conversation around risk doesn't ...

First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Sentier Investors will report its Modern Slavery statement by the end of September 2020, in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2018. The toolkit was developed to equip the firm with the ability to manage that process,noted Kate Turner, responsible ...

Government appoints Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... expertise in combating modern slavery." The group will advise government on the implementation of Australia's Modern Slavery Act and help to encourage businesses to eradicate human rights abuses from their supply chains. "The Expert Advisory Group is ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... slavery in supply chains, opening up investor and business risk as well as questions about compliance with Modern Slavery Act reporting. Earlier this week, Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs Jason Wood MP announced ...

Advisers discuss new era of advice, ethical considerations: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the momentum is pushing towards ESG. "ASIC have upgraded their climate risk disclosure levels, we have the Modern Slavery Act, so I think that there's already this pull from regulatory and... a push from client demand," Brown said. "Larry Fink announced ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in accordance with the Australian Modern Slavery Act. "This is a way of trying to look at the information and look at not just what do we know about our suppliers and what they ...

GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... GCNA will use the grant to build awareness and capacity of Australian businesses to respond to the Australian Modern Slavery Act's reporting requirements "with a focus on strengthening remediation processes including company-run grievance mechanisms," ...

Modern slavery, climate risk key elements of RI activity: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Engaging with companies on modern slavery exposure and risks of climate change are key elements of First Sentier Investors' responsible investment activities both in 2019 and 2020, the fund manager said. Kate Turner, responsible investment specialist ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... and unfortunately I would say they're in the majority, but there are also a group of companies that see the Modern Slavery Act as a natural expansion of what they do, and companies that have visibility and control of the supply chain, because that's ...