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HESTA, Lendlease back First Nations initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Businesses and investors including HESTA and Lendlease have launched an initiative that will focus on strengthening Australia's First People's heritage laws. The First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance, the Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) ...

Corporate finance execs seeking greater ESG knowledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
As ESG and sustainability issues continue to impact on company performance, finance professionals are seeking education and upskilling to improve their ability to manage risk and return considerations. The impacts of COVID-19, human rights risks like ...

Weighing litigation risk of net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG information brings risks of liability and litigation to companies, and company directors and their investors must be aware of those risks. Recently, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) filed a court case which will challenge ...

Boards have responsibility to manage ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Ethics and managing material ethical issues is a board responsibility, but directors can be at risk of having tunnel vision and not recognising the impacts of their decisions, according to the Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership. Cranlana Centre ...

Islamic fund to expand into banking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
A leading provider of Islamic financial products is planning to expand into banking. Hejaz Financial Services is in the process of submitting an application to APRA as a restricted ADI, said CEO Hakan Ozyon. If successful, Ozyon said they would be the ...

MUFG, First Sentier announce head of Sustainable Investment Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Karadzhova will be responsible for developing the institute's research programme which will include macro-level research on sustainable investment topics, market trends and industry practices. Karadzhova comes to the institute from MSCI, where she was ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but climate clarity needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's largest companies are increasing their reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals by Australia's top 150 companies, but disclosure on climate action lack clarity, according to new research from RMIT University. The research study from ...

Investors press for swift action in wake of climate report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... learn from", but the conclusions of the science should not be surprising. "From our investment perspective, we've been aware of these issues for years, so our investment philosophy has always incorporated the idea that we need to drive towards those ...

Investor consortium completes Tilt Renewables deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Renewables. The Powering Australian Renewables (PowAR) consortium, which is led by QIC in conjunction with co-investors including Aware Super, Hostplus, TelstraSuper, MLC, and LGIASuper, the Future Fund and AGL Energy announced the completion. PowAR ...

Fostering equity, inclusion key to diversity gains: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... companies. "We have a lot of conversations with companies, including company directors, over many, many years, and we were aware that there is an element of frustration regarding diversity, because they pace of change is slower than they're expecting," ...