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Australian banks, Fortescue Metals appear in Bloomberg Gender Equality Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... submitted response to a social survey created by Bloomberg in partnership with third-party experts Catalyst, Women's World Banking, Working Mother Media, National Women's Law Center, and National Partnership for Women and Families. Those included on ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... are relatively common and high impact, and should be of special significance for investors," Sustainalytics notes. The banking industry accounts for 19% of all incidents, more than twice the amount of the next most exposed industry (food products). The ...

ACSI publishes revised Governance Guidelines, includes new ESG themes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... companies have disappointed in their management within their workforce and supply chain. If you look at corporate culture, the banking sector is providing an example of what happens when problems in your corporate culture leads to loss of social license ...

Responsible Investment Certification Program certifies BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... more than 80 products from 30 investment organisations. The products cover equities funds, fixed interest funds, ETFs, banking products, private equity, property, impact investments as well as 20 certified financial advisers. RIAA has also certified ...

Vigeo Eiris assesses "ongoing, serious" misconduct cases in global banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
"Ongoing and serious cases of misconduct' in the banking and financial services sectors around the world undermine trust in markets and threaten banks' license to operate, according to global research from corporate social responsibility rating agency ...

Alpha Fund Managers invests in Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... services industry and previously worked at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac, BT, IOOF, and most recently ING Bank in banking and business development roles. She will be responsible for managing adviser relationships and "growing Australian Ethical's ...

Australian Catholic University issues $200m Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... be incorporated in to financial decision-making," said Mike Baird, chief customer officer corporate and institutional banking. "It is a critical step forward for the responsible investments market. Growing numbers of investors want to act on social and ...

ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... committed to report to this new standard." The survey found that the best performing sectors for sustainability reporting were banking, and energy and utilities, with 86% of companies rated "Leading" or "Detailed", while the worst performing sectors ...

Regnan hires Pauline Vamos as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... (CIFR), an academic centre of excellence for research and education in the financial sector. Vamos is also a Director of the Banking and Finance Oath (BFO) group, Decimal Software Limited and most recently, Mercer Superannuation (Australia) Limited. ...

Community Sector Banking recertified as B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Community Sector Banking has been recertified as a B Corporation. Andrew Cairns, CEO, Community Sector Banking B Corps are certified by B Lab and certification means meeting measures of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. ...