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AASB, AuASB statement raises stakes on disclosure of climate-related risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... obligation to be presenting a true and fair view under the Corporations Act," she said. "That is inherently going to be company specific. Despite the fact that the TCFD is not in and of itself expressly incorporated into the law, into legislative directives ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... are continuing to engage with those companies as part of Climate Action 100+," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We conducted six company engagements last year. The way we prioritise engagement is to focus on companies we already hold in the portfolio. If I specifically ...

ACSI updates gender diversity policy to apply to ASX200 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... per cent of board positions in listed Australian companies, and in 2017,implemented a policy of recommending a vote at company annual general meetings (AGMs) against the election of directors in companies with poor gender diversity. "We have applied ...

Investec Asset Management launches Global Environment Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... largest carbon emitters by Climate Action 100." "We're looking at companies that are carbon avoidant, so, for example, a company producing solar panels," Baker said. "We have a universe of 700 companies that fall into positive environmental categories ...

Raiz Invest partners with UNSW on machine-learning technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... partners, the partners put a dollar amount of percentage of purchase price into the Raiz account. Raiz notes that the company "may also be paid a fixed amount or percent of your purchase price from promoting the partner brand." "By implementing the recommendation ...

Corporate culture a factor in stock selection: WCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... WCM points out that an appropriate corporate culture is one of the key contributors to the long-term performance of a company, said Rolf Kelly, portfolio manager and business analyst and member of the Investment Strategies Group for global ESG strategies ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... reaction from investors, civil society, customers, and employees could b quite severe. But I do think, for the hypothetical company that finds the issue, talks about the problem, tries to fix it, so long as they're transparent and proactive, stakeholders ...

ACCR planning to lodge resolutions at Santos, Woodside Petroleum AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... emissions in line with the Paris Agreement. ACCR is currently campaigning to attract the 100 shareholder signatures for each company necessary to lodge a resolution at the AGM, and ACCR are confident that they will achieve the target, said Daniel Gocher ...

Calix identifies six sustainability challenges impacting clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
Australian technology company Calix has outlined six sustainability challenges over the next decade that they are working on with clients. Andrew Oakley, general manager, strategy and commercial, Calix Calix named reducing CO2 emissions, creating energy ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... manufacture consumer products are not considering potentially hazardous ingredient responsibility and its relationship to company sustainability, according to research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology. ...