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ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... strategy, purpose and financial resilience, that's something that we spend time on as well," she said. "Both the human capital management piece and capital preservation and balance sheet management, and all of that. But many companies that did well were ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... "COVID in itself has drawn attention to social issues more broadly among investors as well as brought more focus on human capital development," said Mans Carlsson, head of ESG research at Ausbil. "That was one of the catalysts, but not the only one. ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... investing. "Diversity and inclusion is a key part of the S or Social component in ESG and we look for indicators around human capital management such as employee hiring and retention," Signori said. "It also goes to governance, when we talk about the ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... grown as manufacturing and resource sectors decline, and companies that create value from brand, reputation and human capital experience increased growth. Regnan analysed ASX200 companies' performance from December 2007 to December 2016 and found ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... from different perspectives," he said. Gathering data on companies' diversity policies and implementation, how human capital is managed more broadly, and the demographic makeup of companies is a fundamental challenge. "We are looking for companies ...

The intersection of conduct culture and company value

SUSHEELA PERES DA COSTA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... increasing representation of businesses that create significant value from brands, intellectual property, reputation and human capital.Because the way in which intangible assets translate to financial value in companies is less easily quantified, it ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... common meeting ground for a variety of stakeholders and participants - Davila noted that it can apply equally to human capital management and aligning employee roles and culture issues, to community expectations as well. "One of the really interesting ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... company and companies that are founder firms or family controlled. Mascotto compared those companies to the MSCI Human Capital score, which looks at issues like supply chain management, labour management, employee health and safety and other concerns. ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... arise - environmental risks, workplace risks, product quality. These topics and intangibles more generally, such are human capital, conduct culture, oversight - are all integrated into the broader stakeholder context." Regnan also detailed the ways in ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management launches ESG integration policy statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... behalf of clients," JPMAM said. The five main priorities will be governance, strategy alignment for the long term, human capital management, stakeholder engagement and climate risk. The Sustainable Investing team collaborated with a working group of ...