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Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
Australian anti-slavery commissioner Chris Evans has told the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) summit that he will be pushing for tougher penalties on those who have not done enough to abolish slavery from their supply chains. "As ...

Shift away from responsible investing 'overstated': PRI

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Investors are continuing to engage on responsible investment issues such as climate related risks, governance, and human rights and social issues, new analysis from the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) show. The analysis shows investors are ...

Green moves: CSIRO, Ethinvest, Social Enterprise Australia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia Bank and Medibank Private boards and is a former member of the Reserve Bank board. Long brings her broad governance experience in financial services, real estate, infrastructure, and telecommunications, as well as significant executive experience ...

NAB Foundation launches Impact Investing Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... organisations and families that we have the privilege of partnering with," JBWere chief executive Michael Saadie said. "Our governance and impact investment experts are excited to work with NAB Foundation and like-minded clients to help them develop ...

Board cyber security oversight 'endangers' firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... insurance firms on March 15. "Investors and regulatory bodies are becoming increasingly vocal about cyber security as a governance responsibility, with ASIC recently issuing warnings that directors may be held personally liable for governance failures ...

Mandatory sustainability reporting in Australia

ALETTA BOSHOFF  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The Australian government has finally fulfilled its promise to mandate sustainability reporting in Australia. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Financial Market Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Bill) passed through both Houses of Parliament ...

5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... specific ESG terms used in a fund name; the terms being environment, sustainability, impact, transition, social, and governance. For example, funds with the 'ESG' or 'SRI' in their name will be required to implement exclusion screens ...

MaxCap names chief risk officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... banking and insurance experience covering enterprise risk management, risk transformation, credit and market risk, governance, relationship management and origination. Before joining the export credit agency, he held several high-level risk management ...

Westpac launches social term deposit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... (operations) Nicole Gower added: "We're continually looking for ways to improve how we incorporate environmental, social and governance factors in our investments, and look forward to seeing how our Social Tailored Deposit with Westpac performs and contributes ...

Green moves: RIAA, Ownership Matters, Pollination Group

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Kuhadas quit the super fund to join Dean Paatsch at Ownership Matters, a boutique proxy voting advisory service and governance researcher. Kuhadas' departure follows that of Cbus' head of ESG Integration Talieh Williams who resigned last month to ...