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Rest flags sustainable mandates to soar

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... said Doyle. Last year, the fund engaged with 47 ASX-listed companies to talk about climate change, governance, modern slavery and other ESG-related factors. This year, in collaboration with industry group ACSI, it has already spoken to 60 ASX-listed ...

Green moves: Challenger, AusBiotech

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... global regulatory landscape, climate risk and PRI reporting, O'Meara is also responsible for the firm's modern slavery statement and leads the modern slavery working group in developing the risk and control framework in operations and the supply ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... "As investors and corporate leaders, you have enormous capacity to successfully make a contribution to combating modern slavery," Evans said. "Strong stewardship involves getting curious and asking not what actions you took, but rather what you achieved ...

New gig for Challenger's ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... global regulatory landscape, climate risk and PRI reporting, O'Meara is also responsible for the firm's modern slavery statement and leads the modern slavery working group in developing the risk and control framework in operations and the supply ...

Universities jump on ESG skills shortage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... two-decade career as a practising lawyer at Johnson Winter & Slattery. The new course covers the energy transition, modern slavery, and corporate responses to social and environmental challenges. With a rise in greenwashing litigation, the course is ...

Regulation drives ESG advice boom

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Entities with a consolidated revenue of at least $100 million in a financial year are also required to report on modern slavery. To make the deadline, firms are turning to digital solutions. "Progressive companies in Australia have started to change ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... food product issuers in Nature Action 100 with operations linked to Indonesia, 53% of issuers carried significant modern slavery and human rights risks. "Nature data architecture at the asset level is growing, while nature-based solutions practices ...

Most popular podcast episodes of 2024

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia (BCSDA) ESG regulation is evolving fast. Whether it's mandatory sustainability-related reporting, modern slavery regulations, or circular economy laws, what exactly do practitioners need to know? Listen here. 7. The economic case for being ...

ASX100 slavery disclosure strong

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... including the big banks Westpac, National Australian Bank, ANZ and CommBank, scored the highest marks on their modern slavery report, but several trailed behind including Janus Henderson, Harvey Norman and Block. Research on Australian companies' ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Pacific (IAST APAC) published its annual report this week highlighting investor engagements with companies against modern slavery in company operations and supply chains. The coalition was launched four years ago with founding investor members First ...
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