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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 ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... companies have an explicit target. The drive for consideration of material ESG issues is being strongly driven by directors, employees and investors as well as regulators and customers, according to the survey. Cottier noted that the 2019 survey was ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
Climate change is a strategic risk to business, their employees and the communities in which they operate, and is also intertwined with human rights, according to Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA). Kylie Porter, GCNA executive director GCNA, the ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... credible, authentic and transparent to key stakeholders whether they're investor, consumers, those in the supply chain, employees, community more broadly. This is the realisation/manifestation of sustainability in the next decade, and this is an ...

Companies that manage ESG issues "more resilient": Saturna Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... good governance. But the environmental factors and the social aspect of it is also important - companies that treat employees well, treat customers fairly, and so on. There are core to Saturna's long term value based investing philosophy that's been ...

Australian execs see impacts of, responsibility for climate change: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... when we ask why leaders took their potion, they highlight external stakeholders - predominately customers - and their employees. They're getting pressure from their people, they're getting pressure from markets, or they're seeing opportunity in the market ...