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UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A human rights complaint against UBS follows legal precedent that financiers are responsible for acting on human rights in passive index funds. The Swiss human rights watchdog accepted a complaint against UBS for holdings in private prison contractors ...

Help on the way for hidden supply chain slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... renewables sector with the Clean Energy Council, Australia's peak boy for the clean energy industry. In January, the Human Rights Law Centre said the commission should have enforcement powers, including imposing penalties for non-compliance. The NSW ...

Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing at the centre. Priority areas include climate and resilience, human rights and labour, data security, integrity and business ethics, and responsible lending and investing. IBA chair Eddie Fry, a Dagoman ...

Green job market heats up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Thamotheram, responsible business advisor, co-founded Bystanders No More in June, an organisation dedicated to supporting human rights for Palestinians. A serial founder, he previously established Preventable Surprises, a think tank focused on how investors ...

Podcast: First Nations cultural heritage and FPIC with Rachel Perkins and Anirudha (Anu) Nagar

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... rights of Indigenous communities in development projects in South Asia, police accountability at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, and prosecution at the International Criminal Court. Listen to all podcasts here.

Aus Ethical gets ex-PRI chief

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... Australian Sustainable Finance Institute, Affirmative Investment Management, The Achieve Foundation, UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute, and Roc Partners. Australian Ethical CEO John McMurdo said Reynolds brings deep global expertise in responsible ...

Demand for human rights solutions intensifies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... equivalent of the TCFD has unveiled its key functions as a UN body turns the spotlight on passive funds to do more on human rights. The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights says investors must engage with index providers to do tackle human rights ...

ERM inks deal with Energetics

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... 2022, which bolstered ERM's Australian presence across sustainability economics, energy, procurement, strategy and human rights. ERM global co-head of corporate sustainability and climate change, Matt Klein, said the acquisition creates Australia's ...

Westpac looks for next CSO

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... with the customer-facing divisions. Over the past year she led the team to update the company's climate change and human rights statements, establish a natural capital position statement, launch a sustainable finance framework and taxonomy, deliver sustainability ...

Australian Ethical updates investment guide

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... considers in developing its criteria and investment restrictions. It said positive factors include meeting important human rights needs like education, health, food and shelter; efficient use of energy and resources, such as energy efficient and renewable ...
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