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Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... metrics. In October 2024, the group received the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) 'Recognition for Action - Human Rights' award for its efforts. During the past 12 months, members have engaged with 21 APAC focus companies to help them find ...

Betashares launches first ethical bonds ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... controversial chemicals, and unfair or abusive lending practices. The ETF will also exclude companies based on evidence of human rights violations, as well as where there are no women on the company's board of directors. It also applies a partial ...

Ausbil steps up slavery crackdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... expertise in working on modern slavery in assisting the work of the Commissioner." Ausbil is currently chairing the Human Rights Working Group of RIAA, and co-authored the RIAA Investor Toolkit on Human Rights, with Carlsson serving as chair of RIAA's ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... billion to the Ukraine since Russia's war in 2022. Some 30,000 civilians since have been killed or injured, the UN Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner counted in February. Brown University's recently published Cost of War report estimates ...

Offloading assets is last resort in fight against slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... treat divestment as a last resort. They have released a guide for investors in partnership with the international human rights group, Walk Free. "Remediation is a central part of human rights outcomes but is often not well understood," Sudip Hazra, director ...

Green jobs: Societe Generale, Iress, U Ethical, CDP, TISFD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... avid mountaineer Ashley Pullen has landed her "dream job" as the head of investor relations at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights in New York. She will leverage her decade-plus private markets experience and lead a team that "convenes, educates, and mobilises" ...

Rural slavery risk raises ESG alarm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... fined companies up to $1.1 million for non-compliance, the only consequence now is reputational harm. In January, the Human Rights Law Centre recommended that the Anti-Slavery Commissioner be granted enforcement powers, including the power to impose ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... intangible heritage that is inclusive of Free, Prior and Informed Consent for First Nations peoples." The importance of human rights in biodiversity strategy is also emphasized by the IGCC in its new guide for finance on deforestation. Alongisde Aviva ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
A human rights complaint against UBS follows legal precedent that financiers are responsible for acting on human rights in passive index funds. The Swiss human rights watchdog accepted a complaint against UBS for holdings in private prison contractors ...

Help on the way for hidden supply chain slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... renewables sector with the Clean Energy Council, Australia's peak boy for the clean energy industry. In January, the Human Rights Law Centre said the commission should have enforcement powers, including imposing penalties for non-compliance. The NSW ...