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Companies engage with material human rights issues: BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... pattern of behaviour around climate risk - a re-emergence of the definition of key non-financial risks, be it climate, gender diversity, supply chain, or human rights." The report found that globally, the number of human rights-related reporting requirements ...

ACSI finalist for 2018 Human Rights Business Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... improving human rights standards, including advocacy around the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, supply chain sourcing, gender discrimination, whistleblower protections and wage fraud. "By increasing awareness of human rights risks, advocating ...

Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... the face of intense market competition," McDonald said. The study assigned a diversity score to the companies based on gender diversity and/or evidence of non-US nationality of board members. Companies were classified as 'higher diversity' if the board ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... performance towards a greater focus on how remuneration aligns with general workforce and social expectations. Publication of gender pay gaps in the UK and the Dodd-Frank requirements to disclose the ratio of CEO pay to median pay in the SU has shed ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... those the benchmarks for success in the programme in terms of "in five years time, junior analysts hires are split along gender lines 50/50? YB: Another good question. I've been intentional not to draw out too many hard targets, because that kind of ...

ACCR, CAER study gender pay gap at ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
More than a quarter of ASX100 companies do not have a remuneration policy that covers gender pay equity, although the vast majority have conducted analysis to determination if they are any remuneration gaps between men and women, according to a new ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... market has had ripple effects beyond just the value of the products and deals, Leong of NAB noted. When NAB issued its Gender Bond, the popularity of the bond caused staff within the bank to take notice, Leong said. "What it did do was raise attention ...

Persistent and increasing bonus pay pushes up ASX100 remuneration: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... vote against those remuneration reports." ACSI again noted that there are too few female CEOs in the ASX200 to analyse gender pay equality. There are four women who are CEOs of ASX100 companies, and five women who are ASX101-200 CEOS. "There were more ...

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... reporting provisions in Australia are at least partly concerned with environmental issues, the report notes. The Workplace Gender Equality Act is a significant requirement on the social side. The report compares Australia to Singapore and South Africa ...

bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... governance issues, there has been less activity around environmental and social dimensions, "with the possible exception of gender equality. Few active equity managers in Japan appear to be addressing wider sustainability concerns such as carbon emissions ...