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CAER urges investors to consider ESG risks of cannabis companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... have signed on to Tobacco Free Portfolios should consider their stance on recreational cannabis as well. "What is this company doing, what it is making money from, and what are the societal implication of that industry and that product as a whole and ...

Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... level of board diversity is associated with higher contemporaneous return on equity, and can also be a predictor of a company's ability to protect future profits, according to new research from AXA IM Rosenberg Equities. Kathryn McDonald, director of ...

ACSI names Kate Griffiths to executive manager role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... and came to ACSI from BHP, where she is currently the head of governance, risk and audit committee and disclosure, and a company secretary. Griffiths was formerly a Senior Associate at Blake Dawson (now Ashurst). She is a graduate of the AICD Company ...

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... material risk to their business," ASIC said. "While most of the reviewed ASX 100 entities had considered climate risk to the company's business to at least some extent, disclosure practices were considerably fragmented, with information provided to the ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... permit shareholders to "express an opinion, ask for information or make a request about the way in which a power of the company partially or exclusively vested in the directors has been or should be exercised." It has also filed a second resolution asking ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Report. "This opaqueness makes it difficult for shareholders to visualise a clear line of sight between executive reward and company performance, to ensure that executives are not unduly rewarded for performance that does not align with shareholder wealth ...

WorldGBC launches Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Climate Group have enabled us to convene the world's most pioneering organisations in net zero carbon buildings, and bring company CEOs, city mayors and state governors onto the same stage, committing action towards a common cause. Our vision of a net ...

Australian National University selects Aberdeen Standard Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... strategy invests in active Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay - negative screening of securities issued by any company that derives in excess of 20% of its revenue directly from tobacco, coal, gambling, or adult entertainment. In selecting Aberdeen ...

Nanuk Asset Management on sustainability aspects of artificial intelligence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... years and decades." Nanuk is tracking the changing relevance of AI by looking at the frequency of AI references in listed company annual reports. Since 2014 the number of references to AI has exploded, rising from less than 200 annual reports to more ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... engagement specifically with Chase and Jamie Dimon. Chase is financing Geo Group and making money off of Geo Group which a company which operates the detention centres. That work had been active. When things started happening and we found that families ...