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Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... their modern slavery exposures in operations and supply chain. Robin Mellon, CEO of Better Sydney and member of the Australian government's Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group The collaborative group, which includes Vicinity, Dexus, Mirvac and others ...

Financial services industry addressing leadership in uncertain times: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... he said. "We're all linked, and we have to look through the lens more holistically." Jacki Johnson, co-chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative and advisor to IAG on climate change and sustainability noted that individual leaders and collaborative ...

GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Prevention Program. Vanessa Zimmerman, founder, Pillar Two GCNA will use the grant to build awareness and capacity of Australian businesses to respond to the Australian Modern Slavery Act's reporting requirements "with a focus on strengthening remediation ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... change coming into this year, I hope countries and companies won't lose too much momentum. We were one of the first Australian investors to disclose in line with TCFD, but it's an iterative approach and we'd like to take that to the next level this year." ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... watch the webcast of the AGM, register their votes before the AGM and submit questions before the AGM. In March, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced they would take no action if AGMs for companies whose financial years ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The vast majority of Australian and New Zealand companies reporting to CDP have board-level oversight on climate-related issues, but more action is needed, CDP said. Pratima Divgi, director of Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand at ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... issue and you stand by your biz partners, you might come out of it okay. I know this is true for some of the smaller Australian companies that have very strategic relationships both ways, which is different from those that can shop around and play suppliers ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia's ambassador for the environment at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT. "Before the crisis, the Australian government, and a number of RIAA member were looking at innovative finance measures, but also a range of other efforts ...

UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... experience in corporate governance in the Asia-Pacific region. She currently works as an independent consultant advising Australian corporations on stakeholder management and communication as well as ESG strategies. "There has probably never been a more ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... BetaShares) Exchange traded funds (ETFs) with ethical screens are showing similar trajectory. BetaShares' ethical ETFS - the Australian equities ETF FAIR and the international equities ETF ETHI - have shown similar outperformance. Fair is down 20.77% ...