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Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... opportunities. That's the second piece, exposure to opportunities, and that will also be informal things like networking events, and all that kind of stuff. And then the third piece is how we wrap it all up in a communications strategy, and that starts ...

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... of ESG investment risk at BlueBay Asset Management and chair of the PRI's Advisory Committee on Credit Ratings. "These events - offering practitioners valuable time and space to reflect and debate - should be viewed as a stepping stone towards meaningful ...

Australian Ethical Investment opens 2018 community grants program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... in 2017. Free to Feed provides real jobs to refugees in Australia through its hands-on cooking classes, spice trade, and events. The grant was used to train women in the cooking school, and to help them secure employment. "It's great to see cooks ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... valuation approach in place today that provides detailed insights into these potential financial impacts." "Many of the events witnessed so far in 2017 make it even more important for corporations around the globe to recognize sustainability, establish ...

Mining sector showing "signs of progress" on emissions management, face continued risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Boliden of Sweden. Rio Tinto did not respond to CDP's 2017 water questionnaire. CDP particularly highlighted recent weather events in northeast Australia that impacted negatively on mining operations - "Cyclone Yasi caused torrential rain in the Bowen ...

Australasian Investor Relations Association developing ESG engagement guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... "only 23.5% of respondents proactively engage with stockbroker and investor ESG analysts, a full 82.7% don't hold specific events or meetings for the investment community to explain their ESG practices, and just 51% speak on a reactive basis to those ...

Mirvac Sydney HQ receives WELL certification for health and wellbeing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... full-seized coke cans to smaller sized coke cans. It's gone down really well. We have an internal WELL committee, with events, programming, etc."

Putting Sustainable Beef on the Table

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... the initiative ending up as greenwash and to demonstrate foresight and leadership for the animal farming sector? Recent events Australian beef production, distribution, slaughter and supply chain treatment has been through testing times in recent years. ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire chief operating officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... will provide coordination across the senior management team and will have direct responsibility for the communication and events team. "The PRI has grown enormously in recent years, which means that, in order to meet the ongoing needs of our members ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... strategy," said Michael Salvatico, executive director, MSCI ESG Research. "So it was a matter of educating people on the events at BHP and distinguishing between the controversial behaviour and the ESG rating which represents more the financial and material ...