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ISSB to unlock sustainable capital: IFRS exec

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... said. The Oration has previously been delivered by speakers including Maryna Saprykina, chief of Ukraine's Centre for CSR Development, Peter Bakker, chief executive of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Maria Atkinson, then chief ...

Critical talent shortage could stall net zero progress: Hays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... white-collar side, there are shortages in human resources and organisational development and many of those departments might have CSR for example within the portfolio. "Then again, right up through the C suite and board representation where it's still ...

Vontobel to assess biodiversity impacts of portfolio investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... which we think of as a tier 1 approach? Is it something where it reports into the CEO or the CFO? Is it pushed down to the CSR group, which we would view as tier three?" The analysis will allow Vontobel to establish a baseline of the companies from the ...

Improve ESG data, analytics to enhance decisions: SAS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... South Asia and ANZ at SAS. SAS is a business analytics software and service provider. "I think the key challenge in the ESG/CSR space is the lack of measurements, because data is disparate and there isn't consideration given to the external factors ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... growing global demand for high integrity nature-based solutions to support business climate and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. It is co-founded by Point Advisory and Biodiverse Carbon, a subsidiary of Greening Australia NatureCo will ...

Australian Retailers Association appoints director of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... social responsibility and sustainability. He also worked for NBN Co where he led the development of a strategic framework for CSR. Prior to that, he worked with SMBs, owner operators and franchisees in Australia's dynamic food retail sector. ARA CEO ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... participants incorporate sustainability into the operations of their management companies, but no respondents tied sustainability and CSR targets with remuneration. When it comes to the stakeholders driving ESG strategies in the fund, 67% cite organisation ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... visualises data, providing information to make better, more informed decisions related to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Informed 365 is providing a platform for gathering information related to supply chain exposures to modern slavery, said ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... specific engagement campaigns around COVID-19 at this time, but we feel there will be a period of reflection, and a focus on CSR, because we think that it is an increasingly significant material ESG risk," Laird said. "One thing we feel quite strongly ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... and proper controls were not properly embedded in Westpac. But what does that say about the extent to which sustainability/CSR can truly be embedded into the DNA of a company. If good conduct is not central to operations, what else is going on? How endemic ...