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Climate, modern slavery areas of engagement: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... shareholder and the extent and weight we put on these issues." The report aligns the fund managers' engagements and company activities to the Sustainable Development Goals, because the firm believes that the SDGs represent strategic opportunities ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Rights." The toolkit consolidates publicly available guidance to help organisations can inform strategic thinking and company engagement actions. That same approach can assist investors that must report under the Modern Slavery Act, such as superannuation ...

Women continue to see gains on ASX200 boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Women hold 31.3% of ASX200 board positions, with only one ASX200 company not having a single woman on its board, according to the latest data from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Nicola Wakefield Evans, 30% Club Australia chair ...

ACCR files resolutions with BHP, AGL for AGM votes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... major AGM season in Australia. Dan Gocher, ACCR director of climate and environment The resolutions to BHP request the company "adopt a moratorium on undertaking activities which would disturb, destroy or desecrate cultural heritage sites in Australia ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... consistent high performing product." Recently the CEFC announced it was investing $1.7 million in an Australian biotechnology company in the agritech sector. The Soil Carbon Company (SCC) is "developing a microbial treatment for seeds with the potential ...

MBS launches Centre for Sustainability and Business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... want to leverage our deep connections with industry. As an academic centre, we have a convening power, where we can bring company and government expertise together to address a specific issue... and then feed that back into the research that is rigorous ...

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... would have would apply to data governance." Board members should also have a "deep reasonable understanding" of the data a company holds, not only for risk management purposes, but for strategic purposes as well, Motto added. Data presents not only risk ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... theoretically simple - we look at current activities and future activities," Watanabe said. "Future activity is related to company strategies and scenario analysis. We look at what type of products are produced or provided." The index includes 100 Australian ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... engagements. While acknowledging that it can be complex to truly measure precisely how an individual stakeholder can impact on company decision-making, Regnan is measuring how companies do change on material ESG issues, how those change are reported ...

ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... in resource-rich countries and those countries governance structures through the full publication and verification of company payments and government revenues from oil, gas, and mining. However, Australia has not yet implemented the initiative and should ...