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Stewart Investors joins Responsible Minerals initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The US-based Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) has launched an investor network to further promote responsible mining and mineral sourcing. Stewart Investors is the first company and founding member of the RMI Investor Network, which will bring ...

New ESG reporting regulations - will they uncover existing risks for your company?

ALETTA BOSHOFF  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
New, global ESG disclosure requirements are on the horizon, including for New Zealand, Australia, Europe, the United States and Singapore. Companies are understandably focused on achieving compliance with these new regulations, but they should also ...

Dramatic spike in votes against ASX remuneration: Georgeson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
ASX300 companies saw almost double the number of shareholder votes against executive remuneration reports in 2023 compared to 2022, according to shareholder engagement and governance consulting firm Georgeson. There were 40 strikes against executive ...

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... recommended by the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade in 2017. Now the investor-led, multi-stakeholder initiative Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking Asia Pacific (IAST APAC) has joined the with the Australian Council ...

ASX companies boosting ESG staff, oversight: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Greenhouse gas emissions are once again the top ESG priority for companies, according to the most recent Perennial Better Future ESG survey. In the fifth edition of the Better Future survey, sent to approximately 200 ASX-listed corporates with responses ...

Accountant ethics board drafts new sustainability benchmarks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... stakeholders to enhance trust in corporate sustainability-related reporting." Alan Johnson, chair of the IESBA and IAASB Stakeholder Advisory Council, and independent corporate director and chair of the Good Governance Academy, stated that the exposure ...

Social and governance factors top "new risk reality"

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Social and governance risk are gaining traction as a focus for corporates, as these topics become recognised as central to sustainability - now an essential in today's climate-conscious world. In a shifting corporate risk environment, governance ...

Investor group with US$2tr AUM to measure avoided emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Mirova and Robeco have led a group of investors with more than US$2 trillion of AUM to develop a global database of greenhouse gas emission avoidance factors to help facilitate transition finance. The initiative, supported by 10 founding partners including ...

Australian Ethical grants $500k to climate solutions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Ethical is transitioning its administration to Grow Inc, while welcoming the increased regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations with regards to ESG, Financial Standard reported. Selected grant recipients included ActionAid Australia, Great ...

Media a strong influence on corporate decisions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... impacted on policy, compared to 68% of Australians. Recently, US multinational asset management firm BlackRock admitted stakeholder pressure on ESG was a risk to return and identified stakeholder and media scrutiny on ESG-related issues to be a reputational ...