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Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... inclusive, and diverse environment." Neuberger Berman Private Equity points to the fact that 53% of US private equity employees are women or minorities, 49% of US new hires in the last three years were minorities and 57% of senior level US new hires ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... meaning that the more that a company can link its purpose and strategy to delivering value to stakeholders - customers, employees and communities - the more it will produce long-term, durable profits for shareholders. This fits into the climate transition ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... which shareholder's needs, including return on investment - is balanced by consideration of other groups including employees, customers, and the community and economy at large. The way a company is run and how it conducts itself does have bearing ...

CSC partners with Osmosis IM on sustainable strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 Core Equity Portfolio (ex-Australia). The portfolio will aim ...

Downer inks $1.4 billion sustainability-linked debt facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... reductions and social sustainability, identified as cultural awareness and mental health and wellbeing training of Downer employees. If the metrics are met, it will lead to a reduction in borrowing costs. These sustainability KPIs are unique to Downer ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... report pressure to become sustainable is coming from a broad range of stakeholders - consumers, industry regulators, employees, supply chain, government incentives, and shareholder/owner/investor commitments to business sustainability. The accelerated ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... community to be more accountable and transparent in risk areas going forward, and what they need are the signals from employees, investors and the wider community," Petersen said. "There is also an element of competitive advantage going on. It goes to ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... stakeholders driving ESG strategies in the fund, 67% cite organisation leadership, 61% cite investors, and 45% cite employees. Similar to the 2019 BNP Paribas asset managers and owners' survey, social factors and data remain current challenges as ...

Class linked to experience of inclusion at work: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... middle class and higher class workers to report that their manager actively sought out diverse perspectives from all employees (46% versus middle class 64% and higher class 73%). "Class was also one of the diversity demographics most strongly linked ...

Medibank issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... about the boundaries of work/home life and we need to be focused on that," Bishop said. That's equally true for our employees, for customers, and equally out into the community. We put in place an employee health advice line. We're conscious of the broader ...