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Companies engage with material human rights issues: BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... mention a specific human rights strategy in their sustainability reports. Andrew Petersen, CEO, Sustainable Business Australia WCBSD has released its Human Rights Deep Dive Analysis via BCSD Australia - formerly Sustainable Business Australia. The deep ...

Impact Investing Australia to administer $7m Australian government fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
The federal government has selected Impact Investing Australia (IIA) as the administrator of the $7 million Australian Government Sector Readiness Fund (SRF) to enable social enterprises to grow their impact. IIA, a not-for-profit organisation supporting ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) Australian Convenor Sarah Barker. "In fact, the hurdles for such litigation in Australia are arguably lower than those faced by plaintiffs in the US for a number of reasons. First, we have a very active ...

BlackRock Real Assets names Charlie Reid to lead Asia-Pac renewables

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... management. The team has invested in more than 250 wind and solar projects globally, with 40 projects in Asia Pacific - Australia, Japan and Taiwan. This represents close to 5 gigawatts of capacity, able to generate clean energy to power over 3 million ...

Cbus becomes Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Cbus has become the fifth signatory to the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) launched the code, which covers activities including exercising voting rights, company engagement, monitoring ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Management applies shorting strategies across some of its funds, such as its European-domiciled hedge funds and its Australia 130/30 style fund, and does short stocks based on ESG issues, said Chad Slater, CIO at Morphic Asset Management. Morphic integrates ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Road New York, other NGOs including Moms Rising, In the Public Interest and others have joined. It can be likened to Australia's No Business in Abuse campaign, which targeted Broadspectrum (now part of Ferrovial) for taking on a contract with the Australian ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Sustainable Business Australia has announced that Dr John Hewson will be the organisation's new chair-elect to its board. Andrew Petersen, CEO, Sustainable Business Australia "Dr Hewson joining Sustainable Business Australia as chair comes at crucial ...

ACSI finalist for 2018 Human Rights Business Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... categories recognised by the AHRC.Other nominees in the business category include Glibert + Tobin, Woolworths, Konica Minolta Australia and Herbert Smith Freehills. ACSI noted it's work in improving human rights standards, including advocacy around the ...

40% of ASX200 fall short of the carbon reduction requirements: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... given regulatory relief and additional penalties on all remaining sectors, and a third scenario that is aligned with Australia's required carbon budget under the Paris Agreement in a 2 degree world under which emissions are cut 52-56% on 2005 levels. ...