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Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... attributed to women being paid less than men within the same occupation, a new economic analysis shows. After analysing tax data, economic research organisation E61 Institute compared men and women of similar age, their employment and marital status ...

Companies warned to disclose nature risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... nature-related reporting requirements, drawing on the work of the TNFD. The TNFD will release a Global Nature-related Public Data Facility at Nature COP 16 in Colombia in October this year.

Younger members drive demand

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Thursday. In a remarkable sign of transparency in front of its peers, UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun shared member survey data to show the uptake of their sustainable investment options. The $137 billion super fund manages about 16 investment products ...

On biodiversity, a 143-year-old museum comes to the rescue

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
In the quest for impeccable biodiversity data, a trillion-dollar fund manager found an unlikely partner in a 143-year-old museum best known for 'Dippy', the dinosaur. At the RIAA conference yesterday, a panel was assembled to talk about the ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Association Australasia (RIAA) Conference 2024 held in Sydney this week. The big problem is there is a fundamental lack of data on disability inclusion in the Australian workforce. This lack of data makes it difficult for financiers to allocate capital ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... strategy, at S&P Dow Jones Indices, said practitioners face a challenge in meeting the rules. "Underlying sustainability data is super important," Beyhan said. "There is low correlation between different data providers... this creates confusion and is ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... investing to the next level, not least the rise of AI and machine learning, and how technology can easily poke holes on bad data, or lack of them. Conversely, technology can accelerate collection and global standardisation of data and metrics, which ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... it also prevents a growing set of challenges for online safety, human rights. Every day, new algorithms are developed, new data is generated, and new applications are discovered. "But amidst all this rapid progress we must not lose sight of the fundamental ...

Proxy voting targets DEI and pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... equity, and inclusion (DEI) has joined executive remuneration packages as top of mind in proxy voting this year. According to data compiled by the international equity team at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, shareholder proposals related to environmental ...

J.P. Morgan vows $2.5 tn for sustainable development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... to align with net zero by 2050. It also added two sectors - shipping and aluminium. The firm also included self-reported data from its more than 309,000 employees globally. On the gender equity front, the bank achieved 49% women employees globally, including ...