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When ESG improvement comes at a cost: MFS Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... nursing facility as well and it's the same situation. There are extremely low profit margins, the wages they pay their employees are very low, and the outcomes that they've had during COVID have been have quite terrible. How will they survive ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... articulated a strong purpose and strategy which again is always very effective when you speak with various stakeholders - employees, clients, customers, and other external stakeholders." The theme of company resilience - in terms of overall financial ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... retention, with a focus on a "cultivating careers" strategy that develops personalised career paths and opportunities for employees to gain experience in leadership initiatives that fit with those paths, the Firm said. Responsibility for inclusive hiring ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... to test a hypothesis, to run Proof of Concepts (POCs), and to invest in prototypes. Many companies are now allowing employees a 4-day week. What if we took a step towards this and allowed employees half a day to think and present ideas? Crowdsourcing ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... were very vulnerable very quickly, and had to respond very consistently with daily and sometimes hourly check-ins with employees and address the emerging issues in the moment. "I think there was the moment of truth for a lot of HR leaders as well. What ...

Perennial sustainable small cap fund shows double-digit returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... seen. Companies that are doing positive things generally have strong interests in end users, customers, engagement with employees, and also are increasingly gaining interest from the markets as well. Having a sustainable balance sheet with a sustainable ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... teachers, nurses, aged care and disability support workers, law enforcement and emergency-services workers, and childcare employees. Damien Webb, the head of income and real assets at Aware, told Financial Standard that the units will be offered at a ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... inclusive, and diverse environment." Neuberger Berman Private Equity points to the fact that 53% of US private equity employees are women or minorities, 49% of US new hires in the last three years were minorities and 57% of senior level US new hires ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... meaning that the more that a company can link its purpose and strategy to delivering value to stakeholders - customers, employees and communities - the more it will produce long-term, durable profits for shareholders. This fits into the climate transition ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... which shareholder's needs, including return on investment - is balanced by consideration of other groups including employees, customers, and the community and economy at large. The way a company is run and how it conducts itself does have bearing ...