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Florida gov bans ESG from state pension investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... fund management practices. DeSantis and the two other trustees of the SBA, state CFO Jimmy Patronis, and state Attorney General Ashley Moody, have directed their fund managers to invest "without considering the ideological agenda of the environmental ...

Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Ellison Lawyers On Tuesday, a state supreme court judge in New York cleared Exxon on fraud charges. The state attorney general had charged Exxon with misleading investors over tis accounting for future potential costs of climate change. In the acquittal ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... protection, and the treatment of people, and will work alongside civil society groups such as Market Forces, which Attorney General Christian Porter has singled out for criticism "It is hard to understand exactly what the government has in mind with ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
A lawsuit against ExxonMobil by the New York state attorney general for allegedly misleading investors of the risks that climate change regulations posed to its business should be a warning sign for Australian directors. Sarah Barker, special counsel ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Joint committee, we recommended that they take GRI for guidance, and we've said the same in our response to the Attorney General's recommendations. I know that Australian government wants to align with the UK reporting standards, but they can do that ...

Government to introduce Australian Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Act," said Leeora Black, ACCSR managing director. "But there is no agreement on how extensive it should be. The Attorney General department's paper argues that this should apply to companies that have revenue above $100m. That would pick up 2000 companies ...

Elizabeth Proust appointed AICD chairman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... public sector roles in Victoria include secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, secretary of the Attorney General's Department and CEO of the City of Melbourne. Her private sector experience includes eight years at the ANZ Banking Group ...

New South Wales announces first social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and Parklea prisons. The proposed bond is for around AU$7m over a term of five to six years. According to NSW Attorney General Greg Smith, 43% of NSW inmates return to prison within two years, and cutting the rate of recidivism is a government priority. ...
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