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Australian Ethical reports AUM of $2.82 billion in full year results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... corresponding period. The expense base grew "at a slightly faster pace than revenue" because of continued investment in the business and hires in staff. Simons noted that a significant portion of this increase relates to the investment in the workforce ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... other NGOs including Moms Rising, In the Public Interest and others have joined. It can be likened to Australia's No Business in Abuse campaign, which targeted Broadspectrum (now part of Ferrovial) for taking on a contract with the Australian government ...

Man Group appoints Jason Mitchell co-head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... involved in responsible investment at Man Group since 2010. Mitchell also serves on the Advisory Board of Imperial College Business School's Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, and is a member of the PRI Academic Advisory Committee, the PRI Macroeconomic ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Reporting: A Practical Guide, helps companies of all sizes "to prioritize SDG targets to act and report on, set related business objectives, and measure and report on progress," according to GRI and UNGC. The 17 SDGs are anticipated to generate over ...

ACCR, CAER study gender pay gap at ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... superannuation industry - women retire with 47% of the super balance of men, and part of our job is to talk about ethical business practices within a superannuation context - what good business practice looks like. For us, being involved with this report ...

UCA Funds Management certified as B Corp, signs Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. "B Corp is to sustainable business what Fair Trade is to coffee," said Mathew Browning, CEO Of UCA Funds Management. "The idea that others can look at us and ...

Omega Global Investors, Pinnacle Investment Management in strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... co-founders Andrew Gruskin and Mathew McCrum, together with the Omega team, will retain majority ownership and control of the business. The decision to partner with Pinnacle was driven by Pinnacle's expertise in distribution, McCrum said. "From Omega's ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... understand them and what they are aiming to achieve, we sit down and co-create the metrics in a way that's helpful for the business." The panel also addressed the fact the majority of impact investing dollars go to products with environemtal impacts ...

Persistent and increasing bonus pay pushes up ASX100 remuneration: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... and that the median bonus awarded to an ASX100 CEO was at 70.5% of maximum entitlement. "At a time when public trust in business is at a low ebb and wages growth is weak, board decisions to pay large bonuses just for hitting budget targets rather than ...

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... supply chain. The bill is widely expected to pass, as it has broad political support from political parties, as well as business, NGOs, investors and other stakeholders. But it will mean that companies will have to dive deeply into their supply chains ...