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Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
There is increasing concern that the impacts of COVID-19 will exacerbate conditions causing modern slavery in supply chains, opening up investor and business risk as well as questions about compliance with Modern Slavery Act reporting. Earlier this ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
The link between positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and economic growth is not new. However, the heightened focus by market participants on value creation through sustainability is new and being driven in part by global ...

Why sustainability matters in real estate

CHRIS NUNN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
As Australia's largest employer of 1.4 million people, and its biggest industry, representing 13% of Australian gross domestic product (Property Council of Australia), the real estate industry has a tremendous opportunity to lead the way on addressing ...

Sustainability, fair trade organisations call for equitable COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand, the Global Compact Network Australia and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Australia, New Zealand and Pacific have issued a five point plan for a post-COVID-19 recovery. The three sustainably and fair ...

Investing in healthcare yields financial, social returns: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Strong gains in healthcare stocks mean not only financial return, but also returns linked to positive impacts aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals, according to global fund manager American Century Investments. The American Century Health Care ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
A growing number of ASX-listed companies are reporting on commitments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), but the quality of disclosure "remains lacking," according to a new report from RMIT University and the United Nations Association of ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited have agreed to create a natural capital manager in a venture to mainstream natural capital as an asset class. HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management "aims to offer investors ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Walk Free, an initiative of the Minderoo Foundation, have launched a toolkit to help business and investors take action to improve human rights standards in their supply chains and combat forced labour, human trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. ...

Northern Trust expands ESG Insights risk analytics suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Northern Trust is expanding its environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposure analytics capabilities to include new reporting for key environmental data categories, including carbon footprinting. Serge Boccassini, product lead, Investment ...

Online investors applying ESG criteria: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Online retail equity and ETF investors in Australia are increasingly applying responsible investing principles to their investment decisions, according to specialist researcher Investment Trends. (Source: Investment Trends) Investment Trends has released ...