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Diversity Council Australia explores "double jeopardy" facing culturally diverse women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... looking at them not just as women, but as culturally diverse women and starting to think of them as high value, not high risk. There is a mindset shift that needs to happen. The more progressive companies are setting targets - there are professional ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Westpac and Mirvac have been named as global leaders in two of the 24 industry groups represented in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2017. S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), and RobecoSAM, an investment specialist focused on sustainability investing ...

Australian companies developing internal carbon price within the next two years: SBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... providing information to the CDP will be using an internal carbon price within the next two years to help manage climate risk, according to research by Sustainable Business Australia (SBA). Andrew Petersen, CEO, Sustainable Business Australia SBA analysed ...

Australian Ethical Investment reports annual profit of $2.9 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... market returns and impact," Vernon said. "If there's an opportunity to take a lesser return or invest same return for higher risk because you're getting greater impact, we believe that's the real gap in the philanthropic and charity sector, which tend ...

Globally, few companies can effectively demonstrate climate risk disclosure: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
Few globally listed companies can "effectively demonstrate to investors how they climate risk into long-term strategy", according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Rakhi Kumar, Managing Director and Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship ...

ASX100 CEO pay remains below 2009 peak: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... suggest that executive bonuses in large companies are better described as "variable fixed pay", rather than genuinely at-risk performance pay." ACSI CEO Louise Davidson correlates the statistics around CEO fixed pay to the introduction of the "two strikes ...

Alpha Fund Managers invests in Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... manager at Alpha Fund Managers cited the Australian Shares Fund's strong track record of outperformance and lower-than-market risk. Alpha Funds Managers is a boutique multimanager established in January 2007. Separately, Australian Ethical has also hired ...

Government to introduce Australian Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
The federal government will introduce a Modern Slavery Act that will require large businesses to report on actions to address modern slavery in their operations and supply chain. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO This week, Minister for Justice Michael Keenan ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund, ARENA, extend partnership in Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
The Sustainable Melbourne Fund (SMF) and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have extended their partnership to double the number of local governments in Victoria offering Environmental Upgrade Finance (EUF). Scott Bocskay, CEO, Sustainable ...

Less than half of ASX100 companies have exec-level technologist: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... up from 7.4% (AU) and 10% (NZ) since 2011. Calastone believes that not having technologists in executive roles "presents a risk for those firms' ability to devise sustainable future business models, particularly sectors yet to face the impact of disruption ...