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Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... challenge and say how could or should we be using technology effectively," Hillard said. "In the last year, you've seen so much media and focus on tech that the C-Suite couldn't fail to take notice. The conversation is about the effect of technology ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... considerable. We're seeing pushback around - take Sidewalk Toronto. A lead developer is Alphabet, and the community and the media became quite anxious about what's happening to the data - is it going out of Canada, is it going straight to Google? That's ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... sources into account. With one company, we found anecdotal evidence of underpayment of workers by trawling through social media." Slater also pointed out that ESG data can't be tied to timing of a short. "You can't put ESG into the timing side of things," ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Disclosure of executive remuneration in Australian companies lags other, more developed, markets, according to AXA Investment Managers. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Remuneration accounted for 68% of AXA IM's votes ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Democracy and Make the Road New York, protested outside of J P Morgan Chase's CEO Jamie Dimon's house last week. According to a media report of the protests by Reuters, Banks including JP Morgan and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have extended more than ...

Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader at Mercer, leads the initiative. The Sustainability Report is a proud media partner to the initiative. Beattie spoke with The Sustainability Report ahead of Future IM/Pact's launch. RACHEL ALEMBAKIS ...

Persistent and increasing bonus pay pushes up ASX100 remuneration: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Chief executive remuneration continues to rise, pushed by "persistent and increasing bonus payments", according to the latest analysis of CEO pay by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO Don Meij, the CEO ...

Improved disclosure in fashion supply chain: Baptist World Aid Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Fashion retailers around the world continue to improve their disclosure and management of human rights risks in their supply chain, but "transparency remains a challenge in the industry," according to Baptist World Aid Australia. Baptist World Aid Australia ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... passed significant corporate tax cuts in December 2017, US listed companies have increased the pace of share buybacks - media outlets cite figures including with $171 billion of stock buyback announcements by February 2018, according to this CNN article. ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... believe they can actually do this economically well." Similarly, innovations around using new data sources such as social media profiles can provide behavioural analysis and open application programming interfaces (APIs) "allow financial institutions ...