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ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... that are further down the management pathway, to engage with them on their scope 3, or emissions embodied in their supply chain. "We are looking at companies that we call early stage/developing," said Pratima Divgi, director of Hong Kong, Southeast Asia ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Material issues related to climate change, modern slavery and human rights in the supply chain, plastic pollution were some of the topics that formed the basis of engagement in 2019 for fund manager Ausbil Investment Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability leader Companies are making decisions to protect health and wellbeing within operations and in their supply chain as well as shore up stability. "This is the real test for corporations as to whether they meant it when they said they're ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... that artificial intelligence component, I think it is going to accelerate some of that. If you think about global supply chain, customers wanting things in the digital way, think of accelerating the move from cash to card. People don't want to touch ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Often, discussions of modern slavery risks are becoming wider discussions of human rights issues in operations and supply chain, Boele said. "We're engaging at the most senior levels of our clients in conversations that are opened with modern slavery ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... year of reporting on modern slavery exposures as part of the Modern Slavery Act may also influence response around supply chain concerns. In the 2019 report, when asked "what best describes our approach to ethical sourcing and upholding an ethical supply ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... detention of asylum seekers, alcohol, junk foods, pornography, recent significant fines/convictions, human rights & supply chain concerns. In addition, both ETHI and FAIR are the first ethical ETFs in the market to include a gender diversity screen ...

Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... rights policy, and in that human rights policy consider what the impacts of climate change has on that policy, their supply chain and their value chain, and how that will affect their operations," Porter noted. "They are going to have to think about ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... accountable, 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 ...

Human rights, ethical sourcing driving ESG considerations in Asia: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... research team recently published a paper examining how ethical considerations impact on both consumer markets and the supply chain. Mans Carlsson-Sweeney, head of ESG Research pointed to plastic waste as one such issue, citing the recent crackdown on ...