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Using total portfolio management to gain China, ESG exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... climate solutions, can be used to balance the overall sustainability profile. "[Asset owners] need a set of guiding principles to provide a consistent framework for identifying good practice across all asset managers, as well as a way to guide engagement ...

Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... grounded in a risk-based approach, Brodie said. "A risked-based company response should be based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights, where you seek to understand and ultimately manage human rights risks and you focus on the risks ...

Investing for the day after tomorrow: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Seery noted that as a baseline, Janus Henderson doesn't invest in companies that are not compliant with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights or non-compliant with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and they avoid investing ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on vulnerable workers "There needs to be a one stop shop to find things like the UUN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, international laws, domestic laws, and the fact that there's an increasing risk of ...

Taking a closer look at corporate lobbying on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... practices that investors should be concerned about. - Key actors and institutions that investors should focus on. - Guiding principles for responsible climate change lobbying - Key stakeholders who should be involved in or consulted with when companies ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... lens to digital human rights and ask companies how they're managing topics, how they're implementing the UN Guiding Principles." Robeco has raised the issue of digital human rights with companies in which they invest. Robeco and three other fund managers ...

GRI to update three Universal Standards, seeks public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... stakeholders and experts in 2019 and 2020. The revisions increase alignment between the GRI Standards and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the OECD's guidelines and tools on responsible business conduct. The GRI also recently ...

Consultation paper seeks comment on disclosure of SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... the document, but we have referred to the GRI standards, which set indicators and report to the GRI and UN Guiding Principles, and align targets with those of the SDGs." The ultimate goal is to have a set of recommendations that will help companies disclose ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... board member and chair, human rights of the Global Compact Network Australia. "Pillar 2 of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is all about the business responsibility to respect human rights and the importance of business ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian Government, the judicial system and their processes. This view is supported by the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights..." O'Brien disagreed with Qantas' reasoning. "We think it's important for Qantas to manage business ...