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Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
A landmark Social Impact Investing Taskforce is recommending that the commonwealth government take a "coordinated and long term" approach to guide its involvement in the social impact investing market. Kylie Charlton, managing director of Australian ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... ClarkeHopkinsClarke and the culture of their business: social and environmental impact is at the core of their work." The Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment have agreed to lease almost 4,400 sqm of office space, bringing together ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... potentially criminal penalties the bank and employees will face. Westpac does not stand alone in AML/KYC failures. Commonwealth Bank of Australia paid a then-record fine of $700 million to settle proceedings relating to serious breaches of AML/CTF laws. ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA)'s response to the Final Report of the Prudential Inquiry into Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA). In Westpac's own self-assessment, it noted : "[I]t was suggested to the Review Team that there was ...

Business has role to play in protecting human rights: Gillian Triggs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... to the protection of human rights law," she said. "We are extraordinarily the only western democracy and the only commonwealth country in the world that does not have a charter of human rights or some benchmark form of law against which the practices ...

Institutional Shareholder Services purchases CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... ownership of Regnan, bringing the research firm in-house. Pendal previously owned 50% of Regnan and bought out the other Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC)

Pendal Group takes total ownership of Regnan to bolster in-house capacity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... firm and bring the research team in-house. Richard Brandweiner, CEO, Pendal Group Pendal Group co-owned Regnan with Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC), which will cease to be a shareholder. The move is designed to augment Pendal's ESG research ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... affected entities that must be signed off year on year. There will also be a central, government-run register and the Commonwealth government will also be required to comply, Sinclair said. In terms of current disclosures around human rights policies ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... litigation for a failure to strategically govern for climate related financial risks is not merely theoretical," said Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) Australian Convenor Sarah Barker. "In fact, the hurdles for such litigation in Australia ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... executive remuneration in Australia, Christensen said. "When looking at examples such as the recent $700 million fine Commonwealth Bank received for money laundering and terror financing breaches, it would be difficult for companies to justify how executive ...

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Green moves: Aware Super, Minderoo Foundation

ELIZABETH FRY
CareSuper hired an ESG specialist from a rival, while Andrew Forrest's Minderoo Foundation appointed an executive director of effective philanthropy.

Macquarie AM takes over Island Green Power

KARREN VERGARA
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is now the owner of renewable energy developer Island Green Power, scooping up the remaining 50% stake.

Palliser Capital hits out at Rio Tinto board

ANDREW MCKEAN
Palliser Capital has vowed to continue pressing for governance reform at Rio Tinto after its shareholder resolution calling for an independent review of the miner's dual-listed company structure fell short at the group's annual general meeting.

ISSB looks to ease Scope 3 disclosure requirements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The International Sustainability Standards Board has proposed changes to requirements under IFRS S2 to offer clarity around existing reliefs and provide further relief in relation to specific Greenhouse Gas emissions disclosures.

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