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Future Super promotes Kirstin Hunter to co-founder

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... at the community level, Hunter noted. She cited actions taken during the bushfire crisis earlier this year, in that employees were given climate emergency leave, and through customers by waiving fees on those customers affected by bushfire.

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... businesses and global supply chains." This disruption, and the health and safety and greater human rights impacts on employees in the supply chain both in Australia and internationally have raised concerns in business, investment and civil society circles. ...

Morningstar acquires outstanding majority of Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... help us further expand our reach." Dutch-domiciled Sustainalytics has a global business that includes more than 650 employees worldwide spanning 16 locations, and all are planned to join the Morningstar family under the existing Sustainalytics leadership ...

Financial services industry addressing leadership in uncertain times: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... at the community level, Hunter noted. She cited actions taken during the bushfire crisis earlier this year, in that employees were given climate emergency leave, and through customers by waiving fees on those customers affected by bushfire. In supporting ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... exhibit greater earnings resiliency, will be in a greater position to capture business, because they've protected employees, business, production facilities and so on." The Perennial Smaller Companies Sustainable Future Trust's performance in ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... management of their environmental, social and governance risks to ensure the interests of all stakeholders, particularly employees, are protected when supply chains come under the sort of pressure many are experiencing right now. But, we also want to ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... seeing organisations reacting swiftly to this current challenge, examining how they can best protect their business, employees and clients. They are looking at their IT systems and capacity, and the alternatives to working face-to-face in a traditional ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... scores got to 100% in management, which goes to the governance underpinning this." In terms of performance around its employees, Cromwell highlighted its learning and development programs. While not hitting its targets, Cromwell noted that its Australian ...

Companies have responsibility to meld profit and purpose: IBM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Approximately three quarters of Australians think corporations have a responsibility to prioritise employees, the environment and the community as much as they prioritise delivering profits to shareholders, according to research from IBM. Jade Moffat ...

Governance Institute releases climate change risk disclosure guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... that director, governance and risk professionals, and C-suite executives have a responsibility to their shareholders, employees, and other stakeholders to know the risks their organisations face when it comes to climate change, but many of those executives ...