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Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Wood said that the coronavirus pandemic is "causing significant and unprecedented disruption for Australian businesses and global supply chains." This disruption, and the health and safety and greater human rights impacts on employees in the supply chain ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... the heightened focus by market participants on value creation through sustainability is new and being driven in part by global trends related to stakeholder ESG awareness and the role of business in society. [ESG and sustainability are used interchangeably ...

Why sustainability matters in real estate

CHRIS NUNN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... in an increasingly challenging "lower for longer" returns environment. There is increasing recognition from substantial global bodies, like the World Economic Forum, that sustainability is a business megatrend, one that carries substantial risk if we ...

AMMA names Lisa Ali to Board of Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... number of senior leadership roles in the oil and gas, petrochemical and manufacturing sectors. She spent 12 years in various global positions with BP before joining Trinidad Petroleum as its Head of Transformation. "AMMA and its Directors welcome Lisa ...

Sustainability, fair trade organisations call for equitable COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand, the Global Compact Network Australia and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Australia, New Zealand and Pacific have issued a five point plan for a post-COVID-19 recovery. The three sustainably and fair ...

Australia "woefully unprepared": Australian Climate Roundtable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... and will escalate over time. It is in Australia's national interest that we do all we can to contribute to successful global action to minimise further temperature rises and take action to manage the changes we can't avoid." The group has made ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... performance in this area and how we can more effectively advocate for legislative and regulatory change," Blakey said. "Global investors like HESTA are concerned that engagement with Traditional Owners is well managed wherever companies operate. Through ...

Investing in healthcare yields financial, social returns: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... financial return, but also returns linked to positive impacts aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals, according to global fund manager American Century Investments. The American Century Health Care Impact Equity fund, managed by Michael Li, seeks ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited have agreed to create a natural capital manager in a venture to mainstream natural capital as an asset class. HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management "aims to offer investors ...

CFA Institute developing disclosure standards for ESG products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Lisa Carroll, chief executive officer of the CFA Societies Australia. "The aim of this project is to develop a voluntary, global industry standard to establish disclosure standards for investment products with ESG related features, to bring about greater ...