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ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... management of environmental and social risks. Those that do invest in the industry may be motivated to actively influence a company to address sustainability issues through proxy voting and direct engagement with management and the board. Institutional ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... through the COVID-19 related economic crisis and what role environmental, social and governance factors have played in company performance, the role of a founder as leader or significant shareholder comes into play. Many qualitative fund managers evaluate ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Juukan Gorge Caves was "a wake up call for all investors," she said. "It has caused us to review how we are assessing company performance in this area and how we can more effectively advocate for legislative and regulatory change," Blakey said. "Global ...

Investing in healthcare yields financial, social returns: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... system." The final thematic is investing in efficient equipment, software and services, Li said. "We map each individual company to those four impact themes, and there can also be more than one theme," he noted. "We map those four internal themes to ...

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 ...