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Four in five companies prefer penalties to sustainability, study finds

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023  |  NEWS
New research has found that the vast majority of companies would accept regulatory penalties rather than take on sustainability initiatives. Further, the study revealed that most companies prioritise commercial objectives over sustainability, highlighting ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... reduced health costs. More than 20 Australian businesses are currently taking part in a separate trial organised by non-profit initiative 4 Day Week Global. Tractor Ventures provides non-dilutive strategic funding for Australian and New Zealand based ...

Embedding mental health wellbeing into company culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... mental health and wellbeing fundamental to their workplaces, according to new recommendations by a mental health not for profit. batyr, a for-purpose preventative mental health organisation focusing on young people, has released a workplace mental health ...

Leading Harvest launches Australian ag sustainability standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... agriculture sector after a successful pilot backed by Warakirri Asset Management among others. Leading Harvest is a non-profit that has developed the Farmland Management Standard, which standardises sustainability verification and reporting across the ...

Podcast: to B or not to B - why does being a B Corp matter?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
We speak with Shalini Samuel, director of certification and standards learning, B Lab AANZ on why profit with purpose matters, how B Corps were countering greenwashing before it was a thing, and the future for B Corp companies. B Corp accreditation ...

Super Housing Partnerships taps property leader as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... maintained governance roles in for purpose entities. "I have supplemented all my executive positions with roles in the not for profit sector, especially in the homelessness and youth unemployment areas. My exposure to disadvantage, the relationships ...

IFM Investors commits to US biogas developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... it's good ESG and it's profitable - it's not about investing to drive an ESG outcome. It's an ESG outcome that's driving profit to members."

ESG managed funds large portion of total Australian flow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Although inflows to managed funds fell in 2022, ESG equity managed funds were a "relative bright spot," according to Calastone. According to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone, fixed income fund inflows shrank 95% from $10.54 billion in 2021 ...

Salary inflation a rising S issue for ESG managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... 10% of cost base, if remuneration goes up by 10%, that takes 1% off the company's margin, which would be 25% of their profit if left unmitigated. It's obviously a concern and it's something to focus on." An uptick in safety issues and signs ...

Is social the most important part of ESG investing?

CHRIS IGGO  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Economics is a social science. It is the study of how people collectively manage scarce resources to generate goods and services that satisfy basic and other needs - and businesses are key building blocks of the economic and social ecosystem. Businesses ...