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Cleaning up diversity-washing boosts business performance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... inclusion (DEI). The new cloud-based software aims to help business owners, HR managers, finance teams and diversity and inclusion managers improve accountability and move the needle on DEI. Results from a pilot study found 78% of businesses want tools ...

Snapshot: The rapid evolution of sustainable investing in Asia

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Companies may "have multiple guidelines and internal policies on compliance training, responsible marketing, diversity and inclusion, but they are trying to establish what is relevant for investors". Asian markets progressing at different speeds ESG ...

Outgoing APRA deputy governor calls for greater board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... ADIs (authorised deposit taking institutions) that were there when I arrived at APRA in 2002." Enhanced diversity and inclusion is "rapidly becoming the next frontier in ensuring sound governance and risk culture practices," she added. "Effective DEI ...

Directors engage on breadth of ESG issues facing companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... Managing sexual harassment and psychological safety as part of occupational health and safety, focusing on diversity and inclusion beyond gender and seeking policy certainty through climate are all issues of concern for board members speaking at the ...

Igneo reports on ESG progress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... challenging because it's a significant change for some of our businesses." The other challenge is around diversity and inclusion. "We require all of our companies to set out their priorities when it comes to diversity, and to track progress and report ...

Leaders on road to ESG maturity by 2030: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... investors and that ESG performance will be critical to recruitment and retention of talent. However, meeting diversity and inclusion targets continues to be a challenge for businesses with the focus on actual inclusion and equal voice, not just metrics. ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... companies. Key themes of engagement with companies include the net zero transition, cyber security, and diversity and inclusion. The survey also found a growing appetite for divestment away from carbon intensive assets. "Seven to nine percent of portfolios ...

American Century outlines 2022 sustainability priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... what turnover is costing companies, particularly those companies that have issues around empowerment, diversity and inclusion as well as lack of clear advancement. What we're seeing in those industries is excessive turnover - the numbers are shocking ...

Robeco outlines four themes for 2022 engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... global companies most exposed to biodiversity risk. The third issue Robeco has identified for 2022 is diversity and inclusion. "We are looking at a broad set of indicators within companies - advancing diversity, given that ultimately diversity of thought ...

ASX200 ESG reporting increases, but gaps remain: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Board in areas as broad an environmental impact and climate change, risk management, human resources and diversity and inclusion." In other areas needing attention, less than half - 47% - of the ASX200 have a gender diversity policy with measurable targets ...