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ACCC approves Origin Energy bid on renewable grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... vertical foreclosure of Origin's rivals through its control of AusNet, concerns remain regarding the potential for discrimination that is subtle and difficult to detect," Cass-Gottlieb said. "This includes discrimination that would favour Origin but ...

Legal changes put sexual harassment on par with workplace safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... they manage physical risk - meaning that companies would be held liable for sexual harassment and gender-based discrimination in the workplace. Further, the government's Respect@Work positive duty suggests remuneration as a mechanism to correct deviant ...

HESTA releases 2023 AGM hit list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... composition for the low-carbon transition. The fund will also engage to address the gender pay gap, workplace culture, discrimination, and gender imbalance in leadership, with a goal for gender balance in ASX 300 leadership structures, including boards ...

How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... key risk and regulatory questions for generative AI including intellectual property, data privacy and security, discrimination, product liability, trust, and identity. Emma Pringle, head of ESG and portfolio manager at Maple-Brown Abbott, considers this ...

Cleaning up diversity-washing boosts business performance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... from ESG rating firms and were often financed by ESG-focused funds, these companies were "more likely to incur discrimination violations and pay larger fines for these actions". Financy chief executive Bianca Hartge-Hazelman said DEI-washing is common ...

Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... consultation with employees on issues concerning gender equality in the workplace, and sex-based harassment and discrimination. Minister for women, senator Katy Gallagher said: "The gender pay gap is holding our economy back with $51.8 billion a year ...

US attorneys general call out proxy advisers for "woke" agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... ethnic, or sex-based diversity factors, which could open companies up to substantial legal liability for unlawful discrimination." The coalition urges ISS and Glass Lewis to "immediately halt their potentially illegal recommendations and demands they ...

Innova launches ESG model portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... from thermal coal mining, fossil fuel, alcohol, gambling, pornography, as well as companies that undergo severe discrimination controversies, Innova said. The first two ESG portfolios launched are the Innova Sustainable Future Balanced Portfolio and ...

Super funds react to Rio report into bullying, sexism, racism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... workplace culture which revealed "disturbing findings of bullying, sexual harassment, racism and other forms of discrimination." The report found bullying and sexism are systemic across Rio Tinto worksites, with almost half of the people experiencing ...

Census "a missed opportunity" on key questions: Diversity Council Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... know from DCA's research that people who identify as LGBTIQ+ experience higher rates of workplace harassment and discrimination than their colleagues," Annese said. "Without understanding who makes up those communities, people who are LGBTIQ+ and their ...