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Head of sustainability salaries revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... marketing, if you have a strong community purpose behind what you're doing. If you're focused on your supply chain and modern slavery, sitting under the chief procurement officer might be the better place to sit." Unlike other parts of the market ...

Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... take time to implement," King said. "If any companies think these are quick fixes, whether they be emissions reduction, modern slavery, they're not. We expect them to be agenda items. It's pretty easy for us to determine quickly whether companies ...

Paradice Investment Management appoint head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... work with the Paradice investment teams to "drive forward the integration of ESG factors, including climate change and modern slavery, in investment decision-making and company interaction," Paradice said. Varcoe will also be responsible for ESG related ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
There is increasing concern that the impacts of COVID-19 will exacerbate conditions causing modern slavery in supply chains, opening up investor and business risk as well as questions about compliance with Modern Slavery Act reporting. Earlier this ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... and more faced by Australian companies, brought about by regulatory developments and initiatives such as Australia's Modern Slavery Act 2018 and the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). "We tried ...

Climate, modern slavery areas of engagement: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Climate issues and modern slavery were key issues of engagement for Ethical Partners Funds Management, which this week released its engagement report detailing activities over the past 12 months. Robyn Parkin, sustainability and advocacy, Ethical Partners ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... to improve human rights standards in their supply chains and combat forced labour, human trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. (Image courtesy of Walk Free) The launch is timed to help businesses that are writing their first Modern Slavery Act ...

GCNA urges government to focus on sustainability in COVID-19 recovery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... transitioning to net zero carbon emissions, decent work and economic growth through human rights policies and approaches to modern slavery eradication, and other "innovative approaches to some of the world's most challenging issues."

Heritage Bank enacts environmental, social, governance policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... a mutual bank, Lock said. "The social and community aspects of what we do are important," he said. "Good governance and modern contemporary thinking are almost demanding of an ESG policy anyway. We're seeing that coming through with what's now called ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... the past three years. "There is a greater awareness and higher expectations around human rights more generally, not just modern slavery," said Alison Ewings, head of engagement at Regnan. "The ongoing discussion around social license, and the fact that ...