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Innova launches ESG model portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... its construction, with positive tilts to companies supporting climate action, life on earth, sustainable resource use, gender equality, and health and wellbeing. The negative screens ruling out companies that derive more than 1% of revenue from tobacco ...

Fox and Hare certified as B Corp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... planet, and profitability front of mind." Fox and Hare has implemented and committed to maintaining policies including gender representation and equity at all levels of business - the firm is co-founded by Jessica Brady and its team members are split ...

Gap in financing solutions for refugees: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... opportunity for these initiatives to be tracked in a similar way to corporate sustainability action on climate change and gender equality." Janakiram said there are limitations to governmental and NGO refugee support, and highlighted the situation of ...

Igneo reports on ESG progress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... to diversity, and to track progress and report on that on at least an annual basis," Durham said. "That can be measuring gender, race/ethnicity, any aspect. "I will say that because we operate in the infrastructure world which is traditionally male dominated ...

Millennials, Gen X lead impact investing demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... sustainable investing Sarah Bratton Hughes there is a rising demand for impact investing across geography, generation and gender. However, there is also a significant number of people that aren't familiar with impact investing at all. Familiarity with ...

More women on boards, but cultural diversity stagnating: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... Institute has released its latest Board Diversity Index, which measures ASX 300 companies against five categories of diversity: gender, cultural background, skills/experience, age, and tenure and independence. While more women are moving into director ...

ASX boards need to "quickly evolve" on ESG skills: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... really good way of thinking about it," she said. "This isn't just for board renewal, but other ESG factors - emissions, gender, a water or water management target. We have an advocacy management framework which we set up two years ago, and we track every ...

Identifying female leadership as driver of value: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Engaging with companies to enhance gender and other forms of diversity includes discussing not only hiring practices, but promotion, retention and how performance reviews are conducted, according to Vontobel Asset Management. Sudhir Roc-Sennett, Vontobel's ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... barrier in November 2020 and currently sits at 33.1% female representation. While boards are broadly edging toward the 40% gender-balance target, ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said more work needs to be done. "More board diversity improves governance ...

American Century outlines 2022 sustainability priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... compensate employees, to gauge the health of corporate culture, and establish the demographics of workplace turnover by gender and ethnicity as well as understand how companies are addressing flexibility, mental and physical health and burnout, Hughes ...