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Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... the centre. Priority areas include climate and resilience, human rights and labour, data security, integrity and business ethics, and responsible lending and investing. IBA chair Eddie Fry, a Dagoman man, said First Nations values and world views provide ...

S&P Global gains top sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... return to the "complex, nuanced and ever-evolving space of investment data services." The former U Ethical Investors' ethics and impact manager earlier worked for S&P competitor MSCI becoming its first ESG consultant in Asia Pacific. So when a similar ...

MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Moves reported in April, Lucchese recently joined MLC Life Insurance as sustainability manager. Prior, she was the head of ethics and impact at U Ethical Investors and an ESG consultant at MSCI ESG Research. With a background in climate science, sustainability ...

MLC Life hires from U Ethical

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
A former U Ethical Investors' ethics and impact manager has landed at MLC Life Insurance as a sustainability manager. In the new role, Desiree Lucchese will help advance, refine, and implement the insurer's broad sustainability strategy and ...

China stock exchange rings in Year of the Dragon with ESG mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... interesting indicators, which are either quite progressive relative to those with other APAC regions such as the Technological Ethics and circulator economy, or very related to China's local characteristics," Geng said. "It requires companies to disclose ...

Accountant ethics board drafts new sustainability benchmarks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability reporting and assurance. Public consultation has opened on the two new exposure drafts, put forward by International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA). The standards intend to restore public and institutional trust in publicly ...

ESG in 2024: key trends and legislative changes for the year ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... intelligence is anticipated to play a larger role in ESG reporting. However, practitioners need to be aware of data safety, ethics, and compliance as the technology evolves and becomes more commonplace. Technologies like blockchain and AI will increasingly ...

ACCC issues greenwashing guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... because it relates to board expertise, reporting, transparency, stratregy, audit, reputation, accountability, risk and ethics. The guide also points out that the risks of greenwashing stretch psat the reputational and into the legal and financial. "We ...

Greenwashing a barrier to responsible investment uptake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... market, which do a great job of helping do those comparisons for advisers, but it's not always easy," Willis said. "Ethics, values and responsible investment is very individual and bespoke, and advisers have a perception that it's not always ...

Call for investment to spur ethical fashion education

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Kitto says no standard goes far enough. For example, while "certification on its own won't address the sustainability and ethics issues related to chocolate," Chocolate Scorecard coordinated by Be Slavery Free has a global reach of over a billion. "It's ...