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Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... there are a total of 17 Goals, with each of them having multiple targets, the banks have chosen to narrow their attention to a few for the sake of achievability. Siobhan Toohill, head of sustainability and community at Westpac, said it "is really then ...

Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... high, may force retailers to seek new supply relationships elsewhere in Asia, such as Bangladesh and Cambodia. "There are a few different options for retailers," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "Labour costs in the cutting and sewing could be squeezed further. ...

Australian Ethical Investment engages on sustainability of meat

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has joined a coalition of 40 institutional investors engaging with 16 multinational food companies over concerns of material risks posed by industrial animal production. Ella McKinley, ethics analyst, Australian Ethical ...

BetaShares launches global cybersecurity exchange traded fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Even in a short amount of time, there's been this increase. From our perspective, the industry of cybersecurity is one of the few global growth industries which is clearly identifiable and is gone beyond the headlines, it's real and significant companies ...

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI group industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... results, it is clear that this is a developing area of interest for companies - many have human rights policies in place, but few have the tools to comprehensively assess, mitigate and remediate human rights risks."

AMP Capital examines impact of disruptions on financial sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... of the large insurers in Australia are keeping a close eye on these trends," Le Mesurier said. "They're all involved in a few industry wide groups that are actively looking at how the trends will manages and how regulation and laws need to change; one ...

Australian Ethical Investments profit increases 53 percent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... in improving and strengthening our customer experience," he said. "From an operation point of view, we're going through a few things to get more control over the management of the call centre, for example, so that we can really strengthen that customer ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... sustainability in supply chains, while constriction, mining, utilities and hospitality have lagged, he said. "There have been a few different drivers globally, depending on the sector. In some sectors it's mostly due to previous incidents and exposes ...

NAB finances third NSW social impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... re-offend." Daniel Madhavan, CEO of Impact Investing Australia, welcomed the announcement of NSW's impact investment. "There are a few interesting things about it," he said. "It's the first one focused on re-offending, which is interesting. It's the ...

Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... you consider the Senate. Even if a party can form a majority, the senate is going to be incredibly difficult for the next few years. We need to engage much more so with the crossbenchers." In terms of policy settings around climate change, another ESG ...