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Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... wages or job security undermines the overall performance of the company." ACCR began researching the report before the coronavirus pandemic, but COVID-19 has highlighted and increased some of the risks raised in the report, Hepworth said. "Cleaning is ...

BIG W joins Action Collaboration Transformation on Living Wages

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Consortium have developed a list tracking how global brands are responding to maintaining their supply chains during the coronavirus pandemic. Investors and other stakeholders have told The Sustainability Report that maintaining relationships with suppliers ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... supranational, sovereign and agency (SSA) organisations have been the first entities to issue COVID-19 bonds since the coronavirus pandemic began - 20 March 2020, the IFC issued US$1 billion of notes with a three year maturity designated as social bonds ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... role as investment steward. More recently, UniSuper suspended its securities lending program at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in March, saying that in markets "gripped by panic", restricting the ability to short sell "is in the best interest ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... operating on reporting periods that end on or before 30 June 2020. In making the announcement, Wood said that the coronavirus pandemic is "causing significant and unprecedented disruption for Australian businesses and global supply chains." This disruption ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
As markets and investors adapt to the economic and market impacts of the coronavirus, more evidence is gathering that companies with better ESG scores are showing better market performance. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment ...

Financial services industry addressing leadership in uncertain times: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... financial services industry can lead, where power is derived, and how the industry is doing both in terms of the immediate coronavirus crisis and the response to climate change. Kirstin Hunter, managing director of Future Super, noted that the superannuation ...

Sustainable Australia Fund on COVID-19 impacts, upgrade finance outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... we can fund actually help a business today, and we're here, we have money and we're here to help. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, SAF has have launched special terms for businesses settling environmental upgrade agreements before the end of June ...

Coronavirus pandemic produces supply chain crisis: Baker McKenzie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The coronavirus pandemic has produced "an unprecedented global supply chain crisis" that is based on a lack of flexibility in global supply chains and a lack of diversification in sourcing strategies, according to a new report from Baker McKenzie and ...

Modern slavery, climate risk key elements of RI activity: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... of the areas the fund manager and its 16 separate investment teams are addressing are evolving in response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts on investments, said Kate Turner, responsible investment specialist. "What we've found is that identifying ...