Search Results

Showing 1261 - 1270 of 2470 results for "Environmental"

Australian companies below global peers on reporting, targets: Refinitiv

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Asia, Refinitiv Refinitiv has released Financing a Sustainable Future in Australia, a new report which looks at the environmental performance of Australian companies compared to global peers. The report finds that Australia's largest companies are "well ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Wellington Management and Schroders,   in the UK. She is currently completing a Masters of Environmental & Human Rights Law LLM at the University of NSW and has completed a number of post-graduate industry courses ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... record. ACCR analysed the voting behaviour of Australia's 50 largest super funds on 686 shareholder proposals on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues across five countries and proposed recommendations for disclosure of proxy voting records. ...

Integrating ethics goes beyond ESG screens: Nucleus Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... offers clients 20 ethical tailoring options to construct investment portfolios that eliminate stocks based on various environmental, social and corporate governance criteria. The portfolios are actively managed and based on blue chip international and ...

GRI to update three Universal Standards, seeks public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... applicable standards. The Universal Standards are a set of reporting standards for public disclosure on economic, environmental and social impacts and are used as a basis for sustainability reporting. There are three universal standards that are the ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... education and conservation, among other themes. "As evidence mounts that companies with better records on social issues, environmental sustainability and good governance are more resilient to COVID market turbulence, this study shows market delivering ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... suppliers in the past are the ones that are struggling, that's been interesting to see." Lazard integrates fundamental environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) research into its investment process, contributing to their stock selection process ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... to more sustainable companies generating green revenues and those actively adapting to global warming and other environmental changes." The fund will target a reduction in carbon emissions and brown revenues while increasing exposure to more sustainable ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The majority of citizens in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada want their governments to do more to combat climate change, according to a poll conducted by research platform Glow. Glow recently released its report ...

Chronos Sustainability hires Ian Woods for strategic Australian/NZ role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Sustainability was founded in 2017 "with the objective of delivering transformative, systemic change in the social and environmental performance of key industry sectors." It is led by Sullivan and Nicky Amos and "blends industry and sector-leading expertise ...