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Vontobel to assess biodiversity impacts of portfolio investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... which we think of as a tier 1 approach? Is it something where it reports into the CEO or the CFO? Is it pushed down to the CSR group, which we would view as tier three?" The analysis will allow Vontobel to establish a baseline of the companies from the ...

Improve ESG data, analytics to enhance decisions: SAS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... South Asia and ANZ at SAS. SAS is a business analytics software and service provider. "I think the key challenge in the ESG/CSR space is the lack of measurements, because data is disparate and there isn't consideration given to the external factors ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... growing global demand for high integrity nature-based solutions to support business climate and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. It is co-founded by Point Advisory and Biodiverse Carbon, a subsidiary of Greening Australia NatureCo will ...

Australian Retailers Association appoints director of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... social responsibility and sustainability. He also worked for NBN Co where he led the development of a strategic framework for CSR. Prior to that, he worked with SMBs, owner operators and franchisees in Australia's dynamic food retail sector. ARA CEO ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... participants incorporate sustainability into the operations of their management companies, but no respondents tied sustainability and CSR targets with remuneration. When it comes to the stakeholders driving ESG strategies in the fund, 67% cite organisation ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... visualises data, providing information to make better, more informed decisions related to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Informed 365 is providing a platform for gathering information related to supply chain exposures to modern slavery, said ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... specific engagement campaigns around COVID-19 at this time, but we feel there will be a period of reflection, and a focus on CSR, because we think that it is an increasingly significant material ESG risk," Laird said. "One thing we feel quite strongly ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... and proper controls were not properly embedded in Westpac. But what does that say about the extent to which sustainability/CSR can truly be embedded into the DNA of a company. If good conduct is not central to operations, what else is going on? How endemic ...

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... ethical sourcing roadmap, and an ethical suppler code of conduct. They're all on our website under the sustainability and CSR section, and my view on all of those things, every bit of knowledge we've gained, they're completely open source. It's not about ...

Australian CSR professionals appear unprepared for Modern Slavery Act: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... imminent introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2018, according to the findings of Deloitte's 2018 Annual Review of the State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand report. Leeora Black, partner, Deloitte The report surveyed voluntary responses by 1107 ...