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Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... already having a significant impact on the workplace, and then we look at what's been happening for a long time with the mining industry, autonomous vehicles. We see what's happening in retail. It's been happening for a while, and the number of workers ...

Less than one-fifth of board, executive positions held by women globally: Vigeo Eiris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... interesting companies - which I didn't expect to see - are what we call the increase-the-flow sectors, particularly the mining and extractions sectors and transport and logistics. There we have high male representation, but based on our data, we see ...

ACCR seeking shareholders for resolution at Rio Tinto AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... with engagement," she said. "In terms of our research, we have two planed - one is on trade associations, but beyond the mining sector and beyond the MCA. The other is on the gender pay gap across the ASX100. We're still in the design phase of that r ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... climate risk." Elsewhere, the report highlights water management as another potential key risk, particularly in the copper mining and diversified chemicals industries. Sustainalytics specifically looks at Chile, which is responsible for 27% of global ...

BetaShares launches Australian equities ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... equities. For example, due to the impact of the broad-ranging methodology used by FAIR, its portfolio excludes the majority of mining stocks, including BHP and RIO, as well as the big four banks." FAIR uses an anti-fossil fuel screen, and also screens ...

Stakeholder engagement a key factor in structuring M&A: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... sectors pursuing acquisition in the next 12 months are telecommunications, automotive, technology, power and utilities, and mining and minerals "with most recording a medium level of convergence with the tech sector." "Over 50% of the respondents are ...

Transparency around tax payments continues to be issue: CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Australian divisions of multinational companies - have not escaped scrutiny, although leading Australian companies in the mining and financial sectors tend to perform better because they have had heightened attention from regulators and other stakeholders ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... profiles and public and potential impacts are the one who have always been expected to report," she said. "If you look at the mining and minerals sector, it's just expected that they'll report. The financial services sector is expected to report because ...

Seven ASX 200 boards with no women, 64 with only one: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... ASX-listed companies with no women on boards has shrunk from 11 to seven, with Qube Holdings, CIMIC Holdings, Evolution Mining, and Mineral Resources Limited announcing that they would put appointments of female candidates to their AGM. The remaining ...

Globally, few companies can effectively demonstrate climate risk disclosure: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... companies over the past four years. SSGA believes it is particularly important for companies in the oil and gas, utilities and mining sectors to demonstrate this capability, given that in those sectors, long investment horizons could render assets stranded. ...