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ESG indices linked to Myanmar junta

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Kristy Graham told FS Sustainability. The social considerations are likely to include "key aspects of good corporate governance including anti-corruption, international human rights, and considerations around First Nations rights and cultural heritage," ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... responsible investment industry has in recent years faced a backlash surrounding environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) practices. However anti-ESG backlash won't impact global trends towards ESG, claims Jens Peers, chief information ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... funds "were exposed to controversial weapons investments, despite Morningstar's Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) Policy stating that such investments would be excluded." The PDS for the Morningstar International Shares (Unhedged) ...

FS Sustainability opens final voting round for ESG Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... shaping the agenda and implementing the strategy on a wide variety of material environmental, social and corporate governance issues. "This year's nominees area diverse set of professionals from across the full range of ASX-listed Australia and present ...

China stock exchange rings in Year of the Dragon with ESG mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... become a motivation for even better company management on environmental and social issues. At the same time, corporate governance would potentially improve if we take the reference from Japan recently." The guidance includes double materiality, governance ...

FS Sustainability launches ESG Power50 nominations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... shaping the agenda and implementing the strategy on a wide variety of material environmental, social and corporate governance issues. "The inaugural ESG Power50 list recognised progressive performance across a deep range of ESG and sustainability," FS ...

Two-thirds of boards lack ESG understanding: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... multinational professional services firm PwC surveyed the views of public directors in the US on a variety of corporate governance issues over the past 15 years. This year 619 directors across over a dozen industries participated in the study, 72% of ...

KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... educational platform to upskill the global workforce to meet demand for better environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). The ESG Academy will be available for Australian business leaders and their teams and compliments KPMG Australia's ESG ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... - investment stewardship at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). She has deep experience in corporate governance, having worked as group sustainability manager at Westpac and ANZ, stationarity strategy adviser at Australia Post and as an ...

TelstraSuper augments sustainable investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... - investment stewardship at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). She has deep experience in corporate governance, having worked as group sustainability manager at Westpac and ANZ, stationarity strategy adviser at Australia Post and as an ...