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GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The federal government has granted the UN Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) nearly $100,000 to help companies tackle modern slavery risks under the National Community Crime Prevention Program. Vanessa Zimmerman, founder, Pillar Two GCNA will use ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... 50 stocks that have been specifically selected for their strong, sustainable competitive advantages and ability to offset risk whilst demonstrating a solid financial structure, said Louise Watson, managing director and head of distribution for Natixis ...

Coronavirus pandemic produces supply chain crisis: Baker McKenzie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... apart from essential items such as food stuffs and pharmaceuticals," the report said. Companies with considered supply chain risk management processes are in stronger position to identify the disruptive impacts and respond to the unique set of circumstances ...

Modern slavery, climate risk key elements of RI activity: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... pieces of work has been creating various types of portfolio analytics to see how we can heatmap where the modern slavery risk lies with the portfolio," she said. "We are using number of different data sources- country level vulnerability, prevalence ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... climate risks when underwriting insurance, equity investors increasingly need to consider the regulatory and reputational risk of corporate carbon emissions when allocating capital. This is no longer just a focus for large-cap asset managers, with a ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... to weather the crisis and come out the other side whole. Some were so overleveraged, so cash poor, that it ratchets up the risk that they're facing now, considerably." Stewart Investors believe companies should use free cash flow to fund share buybacks ...

ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... having integrated company-wide processes for identifying, assessing, and managing climate-related issues in their overall risk management, a rate higher than the wider APAC average (54%). The report analyses companies based on the four core elements ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... that can shop around and play suppliers against each other. If you only compete on price against other suppliers, that's a risk that you take shortcuts on labour to provide at lower price, so that hasn't changed at all, even in a COVID19 environment." ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... special attention is given to women who often take the burden of care; and Principle Ten provides guidance on mitigating the risk of the pandemic on operations in a manner that does not increase the prevalence of bribery or corruption." Petersen calls ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... an upswing connecting bushfires to climate change to where Australians are investing their money. I think there's a real risk that the financial services sector doesn't keep up with that fast moving consumer expectation on the role of finance addressing ...