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ASX companies not disclosing labour hire risks: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... conducted a review of reporting by 37 ASX 100 companies in sectors including: airlines and airports, casinos, construction, mining, oil and gas exploration, property management, retail, utilities, supermarkets, and warehousing. "Across the board we're ...

Gender pay gaps "sabotage" diversity, profits: UniSA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... established that the three sectors with the largest gender pay gaps are energy, including oil and gas drilling, but excluding mining, information technology and industrials, and the three industries with the smallest gender pay gaps are health care ...

Banks' role in global decarbonisation under spotlight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... that would stand out," Butters said. "Many banks across the world are beginning to set restrictions on lending to coal mining or thermal power generation expansion projects. But others have gone a step further and have begun implementing coal phase out ...

A burning issue: decarbonising the global steel industry

ANNA CHONG, ANDY JONES  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... activity which is responsible for around 7% of energy sector CO2 emissions - or closer to 10% if you include the impacts of mining and transporting the required raw materials (it also accounts for 8% of final energy demand). Not only that, but the steel ...

Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... most prevalent, they have decreased from 39% to 34.4% among board members. Other sectors represented in boards include mining energy and resources, at 14.3%, consumer/retail/leisure at 9.8%, engineering/manufacturing and construction at 8.5%. The report ...

Quant manager deploys AI to identify corporate greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... enables us to analyse significant amounts of both structured and unstructured data." Acadian uses ESG signals drawn from text mining of sustainability reports, regulatory filings, shareholder proposals and other company data. Signals range from the identification ...

Alphinity launches SDG-aligned fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... companies that generate more than 5% of revenue from the production of fossil fuels, controversial fuels such as uranium, gold mining where gold is the primary purpose of the mine, factory farming, live exports, predatory lending, alcohol and gambling ...

Super funds file Modern Slavery Statements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... "There will be more and more collaboration within industry groups," he said. "You've seen that with property, banks and mining companies helping each other out. "The investment industry is working through the RIAA working group and in other ways. ...

Hostplus announces four board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... and the environment. The company's Maules Creek coal mine, for example, is one of Australia's most controversial mining projects." Market Forces campaigner Rachel Dean noted that the petition to pressure Hostplus to remove Vaile is part of a ...

Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... will support HESTA to continue its important work." HESTA led recent global investor engagement with Rio Tinto and other mining companies on managing financial risks associated with Indigenous heritage protection following the Juukan Gorge caves destruction. ...