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Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... may cause a slowdown in the economy and even a recession. This could lead to an increase in unemployment. Furthermore, mining and the production of meat are important contributors to society. Steel is produced in a furnace by heating iron ore and coal. ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... all about the concept of ESG," he said. "We list companies with the right operating model. For example, we will look at mining and resources companies. Being miners doesn't preclude them from being listed. But we won't list companies with tailings in ...

CEFC, ARENA commit up to $58m for Hornsdale Power Reserve

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... fast ramping market capacity is designed to reduce spot price volatility, noted South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining Dan van Holst Pellekaan. "The Hornsdale Power Reserve will continue to break new ground in providing and proving up the benefits ...

Market Forces lodges shareholder resolutions with Westpac, NAB, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... to the fossil fuel sector in line w/ the goals of the Paris Agreement." Market Forces noted that ANZ's exposure to coal mining increased by 27% to $1.4 billion in 2018 and a further 7% to $1.5 billion in the first half of 2019. NAB's reported net exposure ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... continue to provide advisory services to Rio Tinto, Zimmerman noted, but has also worked with agriculture, infrastructure and mining companies. "The UN Guiding Principles give important guidance," Zimmerman said. "Governments have a legal duty to protect ...

Rise of automation to drive emergence of "super jobs": Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... the emergence of the super job," said, David Brown, Deloitte Human Capital lead partner. "Let's take an example of the mining industry, where they have individuals based in Perth who are playing a major role in managing a mine site or an oil rig because ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches global sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... applied across all open-ended funds. BNPP AM cited a recently published tighter exclusion policy on companies engaged in mining thermal coal and generating electricity from coal. Going forward, in 2020, BNPP AM will introduce measurement and reporting ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... in February "First was Samarco and now this most recent one," Carlsson-Sweeney said. "WE're going to look at what listed mining companies are doing and how do they address risk management. There are various defence types of tailing standards around the ...

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
Five sectors of ASX200 companies - mining, financial services, construction and property, food, beverages and agriculture and healthcare - are most at risk of exposure to modern slavery, according to new research commissioned by the Australian Council ...

Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Investors can unlock "significant positive alpha" by combining big data mining techniques and traditional ESG ratings, according to TruValue Labs. TruValue Labs, a San Francisco based research firm that uses artificial intelligence to analyze and interpret ...