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CSC partners with Osmosis IM on sustainable strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation is partnering with Osmosis Investment Management to launch an environmentally sustainable equity strategy. CSC, the $50 billion fund for government employees, will partner with Osmosis to launch a Resource Efficient ...

Cromwell Property Group sets net zero carbon target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... the occupational health and safety implications of COVID-19, Cromwell disclosed other metrics regarding OH&S, including employee training and facilities services team members training, as well as surveys of indoor air quality at properties. The experience ...

Downer inks $1.4 billion sustainability-linked debt facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Downer EDI Limited has established a $1.4 billion syndicated sustainability linked loan facility, linked to environmental and social metrics. The new facility will refinance Downer's debt platform and comprises three, four, five and six year tranches. ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Companies in Australia expect an increase in sales as a direct result of efforts to incorporate sustainability in their business, according to a survey from HSBC. According to HSBC's Navigator survey, 84% of Australian companies expect sales growth ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in collaboration with DNV GL, has issued a survey aimed at gathering insights into how stakeholder engagement, materiality and risk management can support board-level decision-making. The ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Forty percent of hedge funds integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in their investment process. BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) surveyed 53 hedge funds with combined assets under management of over ...

Class linked to experience of inclusion at work: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
People who self-identified as coming from lower class backgrounds experience more exclusion, discrimination and harassment at work than people from higher classes, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). DCA recently released Class ...

Medibank issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... stakeholders, and mapping their activities to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Medibank identified customer health, employee health, community health, environmental health and governance as their material topics. The COVID-19 pandemic response ...

Super fund ESG option tops charts with investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Future option is in third place over the past year, with 7.5% and has 8.4% over three years. Nationwide Super Employee Responsible Global Shares option has 7.3% over the past year, and UniSuper's Sustainable Balance option has returned ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... variety of stakeholders and participants - Davila noted that it can apply equally to human capital management and aligning employee roles and culture issues, to community expectations as well. "One of the really interesting things about this concept ...