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Critical talent shortage could stall net zero progress: Hays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
Demand for employees with "green skills" has surged in recent years, but the pool of talent has not kept pace, meaning companies have to consider how they position themselves to attract from a "small but strategically vital" talent pool. Hays notes ...

Florida gov bans ESG from state pension investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the trustees of the US$253.1 billion State Board of Administration (SBA) have banned ESG from considerations of the state's fund management practices. DeSantis and the two other trustees of the SBA, state CFO Jimmy ...

Big Red Group appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... travel industry experience across operations and general management. She has worked as CEO at RedBalloon, co-founded employee engagement program Redii, and most recently was the chief operating officer at Big Red Group, which included ESG within her ...

Uncovering value in ESG improvers: Pengana

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... them around some of their leadership management training programs and whether they had adequately resourced support for employee education, certification," he said. "Employee satisfaction surveys were not up to par for an organisation like that." Pengana ...

ESG strong factor in M&A activity: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
ESG considerations played an "unprecedented role" in the Australian mergers and acquisition market in 2021 and will continue to do so in future, according to PwC. ESG-led value creation is becoming as important as operational or commercial aspects in ...

Directors engage on breadth of ESG issues facing companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Managing sexual harassment and psychological safety as part of occupational health and safety, focusing on diversity and inclusion beyond gender and seeking policy certainty through climate are all issues of concern for board members speaking at the ...

Resource efficiency a marker for investment performance: Osmosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Companies that are more resource-efficient, including efficiency in managing environmental factors, are more likely to provide stronger risk-adjusted returns, according to Osmosis Investment Management. Osmosis uses its in-house research process to ...

Australian Ethical, Christian Super confirm merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... its high-growth strategy, which meant that Operating expenses increased 45% between July 1 and December 31 2021, with employee costs increasing 40% following hires in investment, sales, data and technology teams and a new innovation team. "We have this ...

Igneo reports on ESG progress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... compliance, customer satisfaction surveys, risk management, cyber risk assessment and modern slavery risk assessment; and employee engagement, which focuses on employee engagement surveys and apprenticeship/CPD. "We usually take a majority stake in our ...

High levels of trust, empathy in hybrid work: Citrix

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... provided, this falls to 62 per cent of Generation Z employees. These differences matter when it comes to recruitment and employee retention, Creighan said. "One of the biggest things that employers are facing right now is employee acquisition and talent ...