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The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... collaboration between the Fred Hollows Foundation, social entrepreneurs David Green and Ben Midberry, and Japanese pharmaceutical company ROHTO. Alina Vision "will deliver high-quality, accessible and sustainable eye care for people of all income levels ...

Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... impact performance, provides a metric that values the materiality of a given ESG factor that is relevant to particular company. Russell Investments presents evidence within the paper that these material ESG scores are "better predictors of stock return ...

ACCR seeking shareholders for resolution at Rio Tinto AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... already seen sign-ups via its website, said Brynn O'Brien, ACCR executive director. "We need 100 qualified members of the company to co-file a resolution with us, and we're not there yet," she said. "We're confident of getting there, but we're not there ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... that compared to others, Australia is relatively well prepared," Vezer said. "If you look at Stockland Corporation, the company is very proactive in researching its exposure to climate risk. It's had external research conducted on its operations, it's ...

BetaShares sees increased demand for "true to label" ethical products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... for gender diversity to eliminate companies that don't have representation of women on boards. Vynokur cited TPG as one company eliminated from FAIR on those grounds. "There are also issues like payday lending that we've takin that into account as well," ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... Management in February, considers the engagement campaign with the sector to be completed. "What's happened in the listed company front is that they've eithers aid that they will support the new legislation, or they've left the sector," he said. "It ...

Australian banks, Fortescue Metals appear in Bloomberg Gender Equality Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... 2018 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index (GEI). The GEI is a reference index that measures gender equality across internal company statistics, employee policies, external community support and engagement, and gender-conscious product offerings. The GEI includes ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... a higher priority."" Vision Super developed a policy and operations to support voting on resolutions at international company AGMs, which required establishing how to call back securities out for lend via its custodian, National Australia Bank Asset ...

UNEP FI select Oliver Wyman, Mercer as expert advisers on TCFD-related project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... different scenarios for decarbonising the economy. In addition, Acclimatise, a UK-based climate change advisory and analytics company, is also involved in the project and will be responsible for the elements related to physical risks under different ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
New Forests' Tasmanian portfolio company Forico and CO2 Australia will sell carbon credits to the Australian government via the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). David Brand, New Forests CEO The federal government recently approved a plantation forestry ...