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ASX300 action on modern slavery "lagging"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... aren't being addressed." Under the Commonwealth's Modern Slavery Act of 2018, organisations that operate in Australia and have more than $100 million in annual revenue have to report annually on modern slavery risks within their operations and ...

Leading Harvest to bring ag sustainability standard to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... take part in a pilot program that will bring an agriculture and food production sustainability assurance program to Australia. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management Standard, which standardises sustainability verification ...

Super funds react to Rio report into bullying, sexism, racism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... high rates of racism, and that 39.8% of men and 31.8% of women who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in Australia experienced racism. The report outlined 26 detailed recommendations, and Rio Tinto said it will implement them all. Rio released ...

HESTA's former head of impact launches consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... they're not constrained like institutional investors are with a straight fiduciary obligation," she said. "I don't think Australia has seen enough impact investment innovation." She sees an opportunity to work with investors like private offices. "There ...

Baker McKenzie hires special counsel from industry super fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Baker McKenzie has hired the former head of legal advisory from an industry super fund to bolster its service - including ESG advisory - to super funds. Thalia Dardamanis joins Baker McKenzie as special counsel. She comes to the law firm from UniSuper ...

Australian Ethical launches high conviction ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... The companies meet the ethical criteria based on Australian Ethical's rigorous Ethical Charter. AEAE listed on CBoe Australia (formerly Chi-X), and is based on the High Conviction Unit Trust, launched in October 2021. AEAE seeks exposure to "forward-looking ...

Solving renewable energy challenges with technology investment: Quinbrook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... on weather conditions and other factors, is becoming necessary. "Regulators are shortening the trading intervals - in Australia, we've recently gone from a 30-minute trading interval to determine dispatch and power price to a five-minute interval," Scaysbrook ...

Australian execs say climate change already impacting: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... impact of climate change, cost of mitigation, societal pressures and resource scarcity as areas of impact. "This puts Australia in the top ten of countries where business is concerned about climate change" said Deloitte Access Economics lead partner ...

YFYS, tracking error a challenge to ESG adoption: Parametric

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... expect, in those two scenarios, you're not going to get as many reductions - half to emissions, half to the SDGs. "For Australia, we looked at the tilting scenario, and we attributed half of the tracking error to emissions and half to the SDGs. We got ...

ESG adds performance boost to equity funds: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Applying ESG techniques to equity strategies can enhance performance, but the performance premium differs between domestic Australian versus international equities, according to research from Rainmaker Information. In the latest Wholesale Advantage ...