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Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... wipe up to US$20 billion from the Australian economy annually by 2050, according to research by WWF. ACSI CEO Louise Davidson commented that dealing with complicated biodiversity and nature issues will require improved capacity-building, data collection ...

ASX200 skirts Scope 3 disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... their operations, so we're pleased to see more companies detailing targets to meet long-term goals," ACSI CEO Louise Davidson commented. The Australian government plans to make climate disclosure mandatory from 2024-2025. "Mandatory climate reporting ...

30% women a minimum for boards under new ACSI policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... are accessing a larger talent pool which provides more diverse skills and backgrounds to draw on," said ACSI CEO Louise Davidson. "However, these averages mask a lack of progress in many companies, such as the 97 companies in the ASX300 which fall below ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... low carbon economy is the most significant transformation of our economy since the Industrial Revolution," said Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO. "Investors have long been concerned about the risks of a disorderly transition and ACSI has previously called for ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... lives of First Nations peoples, and support stronger relationships between business, investors and communities. Louise Davidson, CEO of ACSI called on business to go beyond "political football issues" and called on the community to educate themselves ...

ASX 200 modern slavery disclosure lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... quite a bit of optimism about its introduction and the hope that it would really move the dial," said ACSI CEO Louise Davidson. "To some extent it has at least started the example and created quite a bit of focus on the issue. One of our case studies ...

ISSB standards do not introduce increased risk for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... globally have been asking for and will help accelerate the transition" to net zero, Mikula-Wright said. ACSI CEO Louise Davidson pointed out the ISSB standards are an evolution of corporate reporting and will provide investorse with the details they ...

Podcast: Is gender diversity an alpha signal - with Joanna Nash

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... indicate potential investment opportunity. Then we interview Australian Council of Superannuation Investors CEO Louise Davidson on how engagement and stewardship on the topic of gender diversity can assist investors in uncovering additional information ...

Majority of ASX200 reporting on ESG: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... knowledge about ESG risks and opportunities was in its infancy, and that was reflected in our early results," said Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO. "Over those years, the quality and detail of reporting on material ESG issues has progressively risen. Now ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... female representation. While boards are broadly edging toward the 40% gender-balance target, ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said more work needs to be done. "More board diversity improves governance standards at companies and is strongly linked ...