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ESG salaries revealed, talent shortage predicted as demand surges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... change, human rights, modern slavery, biodiversity, the report found. The top ESG skills in high demand include: research, data analysis, quantitative skills, proxy voting, policy knowledge, ESG due diligence, engagement, advocacy, stewardship, specific ...

Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... maintain conviction, understand the dynamics and investment opportunities in the region through community engagement and solid data analysis, and own the process of going to government and asking for what is needed, McKay added. "It would be a mistake ...

Investors welcome Commonwealth green bond program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... they're pulling in the same direction with a green program. "The other thing is that bond curves are there to provide data points and pricing points for new issuers. If you get the commonwealth issuing into the longer part of the curve, it gives ...

Super funds ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... their portfolio holdings disclosures." "Let's remember that doing this requires funds to consolidate underlying holdings data across dozens of investment managers, across multiple complex asset classes," he said. "The holdings regulations being vague ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... with the best practices laid out in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Observer Program and collecting data at sea Various programs place trained fishery Observers on board vessels for monitoring control and surveillance (MCS) of ...

140 years to gender parity in finance: OMFIF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... mentorship programmes, or policies to ensure equal pay. The report calls for more transparent hiring processes, diversity data transparency, and mentorship programmes to overcome the barriers of the "childcare tax" and cultural biases. The "childcare ...

Government to fund sustainable finance taxonomy development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... support this important work," Herd said. "A Sustainable Finance Taxonomy will help build consistent definitions, tools, and data points to accelerate the movement of capital into real world outcomes. By defining what sustainability is, Australia's financial ...

Sustainability is facing a data crisis: new research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Inadequate data, fear of greenwashing and economic pressures is stalling progress on sustainability, according to a new study from Google Cloud. The study, conducted by The Harris Poll, found that greater accountability, better measurement and management ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Brunel University and Loughborough University in the UK looked at "environmental, social and governance (ESG) decoupling" data across 14 years and found that boardrooms with more equal gender representation were less prone to greenwashing. A 2020 study ...

Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... on products that are made with forced labour. "The shift to mandatory human rights due diligence will demand substantial, data-driven, due diligence actions, with timing horizons that extend well beyond individual reporting periods," FairSupply said. ...