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ACCR seeking shareholders for resolution at Rio Tinto AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) is seeking Rio Tinto shareholders to support a resolution on lobby group spending at Rio's forthcoming AGM. Brynn O'Brien, executive director, ACCR ACCR is seeking 100 or more shareholders ...

Sustainalytics outlines ten key global ESG risks for 2018

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Sustainability research house Sustainalytics has outlined 10 key ESG risks for 2018, ranging from water management to measures for consumer protection. Martin Vezer, senior associate, thematic research, Sustainalytics Sustainalytics published 10 for ...

Australia faces challenges in adapting to autonomous vehicle technology: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Australia ranks 14 out of 20 selected countries in terms of progress and capacity to adapt autonomous vehicle (AV) technology, according to KPMG. KPMG has released the 2018 Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index (AVRI), which is its first study to examine ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... $100,000 to consumers "following concerns raised by ASIC that it breached consumer credit laws and engaged in misleading conduct," according to an ASIC announcement. In 2015,, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research team authored a report ...

APRA encourages entities to perform stress-test for climate-related risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... "The Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures report sets out clear expectations that companies and investors conduct scenario exercises to analyse these risks," he said. "To date, APRA hasn't conducted any stress tests specifically related ...

LBG Australia & New Zealand publishes Review of Community Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
co-founder of Corporate Citizenship, LBG The majority of Corporate Community Investment (CCI) professionals say their CCI budgets would either stay the same or increase in the coming year, according to the London Benchmarking Group Australia and New ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... focus on the financials and they focus on remuneration." Pauline Vamos, CEO of Regnan, notes that while many investors conduct what the call engagement, but they are not asking the right questions of companies. "I come at it a bit differently," Vamos ...

Strong consumer demand for responsible, ethical super and investment: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... will consider making ethical or responsible investments in the next 1 to 5 years." RIAA commissioned Lonergan Research to conduct the survey, which finds that consumer demand for responsible and ethical investment is increasing. "Consumer sentiment mirrors ...

ACSI supports "if not, why not" reporting for Modern Slavery requirement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... policies and process to address modern slavery in its operations and supply chains and their effectiveness (such as codes of conduct, supplier contract terms and training for staff), and The entity's due diligence processes relating to modern slavery ...

ACSI publishes report calling for introduction of non-binding shareholder resolutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is calling for legislation introducing non-binding shareholder resolutions as a remedy to current "flawed" framework for shareholder resolutions. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI has released a ...