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GRI announces new members to Board of Directors for 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Molly Harriss Olson, CEO Fairtrade Australia and New Zealand, Australia, has been re-elected for a further term to the GRI Board of Directors, along with four new members. The new board of directors will begin its tenure 1 January 2020. The new appointees ...

Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Hurricane Harvey in Texas or drought in parts of Australia, to bring the issues to the forefront of public discourse. The media has played an important role in educating the public. Q: In what way does having a proactive approach to climate issues give ...

Rainmaker Group acquires The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... two titles. She will report to Alex Dunnin, executive director of research, and Michelle Baltazar, executive director of media. "Responsible investment and taking into account environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) factors is now a mainstream ...

Median CEO bonus payout near record high: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
More than half of ASX100 CEOs received at least 70% of their maximum bonus entitlement, according to the latest analysis of CEO pay by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ed John, ACSI executive manager, governance, engagement ...

Responsible investment a fundamental practice in NZ: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... the updated act was passed." O'Connor also cited New Zealand fund managers' strong collaborative engagement with social media companies as a result of the shooter's broadcast of the tragedy via Facebook. "The industry is stepping in to its role as not ...

Baptist World Aid Australia rates fashion companies on human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
More than two thirds of apparel companies around the world can demonstrate tracing all final stage suppliers for human rights and environmental exposures, but only 18?% have traced input suppliers and 8% have traced all material suppliers, according ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... challenge and say how could or should we be using technology effectively," Hillard said. "In the last year, you've seen so much media and focus on tech that the C-Suite couldn't fail to take notice. The conversation is about the effect of technology ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... considerable. We're seeing pushback around - take Sidewalk Toronto. A lead developer is Alphabet, and the community and the media became quite anxious about what's happening to the data - is it going out of Canada, is it going straight to Google? That's ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... sources into account. With one company, we found anecdotal evidence of underpayment of workers by trawling through social media." Slater also pointed out that ESG data can't be tied to timing of a short. "You can't put ESG into the timing side of things," ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Disclosure of executive remuneration in Australian companies lags other, more developed, markets, according to AXA Investment Managers. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Remuneration accounted for 68% of AXA IM's votes ...