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Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the business as well as the increasing focus on ESG considerations, said Andrew Maple-Brown, co-founder and managing director of MBA GLI. "ESG has always played an important role in the MBA GLI investment process and Georgia's appointment will ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... record has increased from 2018-2019, according to the Australasian Centre on Corporate Reporting (ACCR). Dan Gocher, ACCR director of climate and environment ACCR has released Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, examining how Australia's largest super ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... business's investment philosophy and approach, said Sophia Rahmani, Maple-Brown Abbott chief executive officer and managing director. "As a firm, we recognise the continuing importance of ESG, and the role and responsibility of investment managers to ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the first five months of 2020 while also showing strong performance through a volatile market. Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares "The pace of growth in our ethical suite has picked up very significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19," said ...

Chronos Sustainability hires Ian Woods for strategic Australian/NZ role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Pacific is home to a range of unique and systemically important sustainability challenges," said Nicky Amos, managing director, Chronos Sustainability. "Inviting Ian to support our clients and to inform Chronos' global change programs is a signal of ...

Government appoints Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Group, Business Council of Australia, Global Compact Network Australia and the Law Council of Australia. GCNA executive director, Kylie Porter, welcomed the appointment. "The COVID-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented pressure on supply chains and has ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... environment such as having essential workers work in smaller groups, in rotating shifts," said Jonathon Sellar, managing director, infrastructure for Brookfield. "Our teams have been focused on ensuring our people and our customers can operate in a safe ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... changing what continues to change and what's over the horizon, then no, you're not doing your job properly as a director."

ESG focus on climate change, income inequality: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... various degrees, leading the global fund manager to factor climate change into analysts' evaluation. Maria Elena Drew, Director of Research, Responsible Investing at T. Rowe Price T.Rowe Price noted in its report that climate change risk is rising, but ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... documents, according to research from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). Katie Hepworth, ACCR director of workers' rights ACCR's report, Labour Hire and Contracting Across the ASX100, examined 19 companies and found that 37% ...