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Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... on climate change." RIAA manages a website, Responsible Returns, a tool to allow consumers to search for responsible or ethical financial products that are certified by RIAA. There has been a spike in visits and searches since the beginning of the bushfire ...

Human rights, ethical sourcing driving ESG considerations in Asia: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Investment Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Ausbil's ESG research team recently published a paper examining how ethical considerations impact on both consumer markets and the supply chain. Mans Carlsson-Sweeney, head of ESG Research pointed to ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... stakeholders. To coincide with its 50th anniversary, the World Economic Forum launched a new Davos Manifesto, a set of ethical principles to guide companies in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. These moves signal that the biggest and most ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... identified as leaders for articulating and demonstrating a comprehensive approach to responsible investment - Australian Ethical, AustralianSuper, CareSuper, Cbus, Christian Super, First State Super, Future Fund, Future Super, HESTA, Local Government ...

Creating a values-based financial advisory firm: FPA Congress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... family, corporate malfeasance cases like the collapse of Enron, and Clare W. Graves The Never Ending Quest. He plotted ethical behaviour on an axis of motivation and ease. "When human motivation is nice and high, we're going to do stuff," Hale said. ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Australian banks aren't even unique at a global level - a 2017 report by Vigeo Eiris examined the responsible and ethical culture in banking and finance around the world. The report examined 52 diversified banks - Europe (31 companies), North America ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments is raising questions about the ethical implications of restricting the rights of businesses and individuals to "advocate for positive societal change and environmentally friendly business practices," in the wake of a recent ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... implementation." In addition to fiduciary duty and regulation, the next most popular considerations were requirements for ethical and social responsibility on behalf of cioents, and a desire to mitigate ESG-related risks. Primary drivers of adoption ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... made by superannuation funds as examples. "Large superannuation funds are dictating where they want to invest, listing ethical, environmental and governance standards as driving their investment choices," she said. "At Capgemini, we look at it from a ...

Sustainable Digitalisation Project to set goals for real estate and cities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... managing director of Morphosis. Digital technology is increasingly being linked to the human right such as privacy, but the ethical, legal and practical questions over the intersection of privacy in the age of digitalisation is occurring in the backdrop ...