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Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Principles (GAAP) with auditing of countries, companies and investors regarding their entire environmental and social impacts The multilateral push for disclosure, management and monitoring of biodiversity use, destruction and enhancement will follow ...

Paradice Investment Management appoint head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... influence the management of, ESG issues," Paradice said. "Companies that fail to manage their environmental and social impacts effectively, or that fail to adopt robust ethical policies and governance practices, risk suffering direct financial harm or ...

Climate, modern slavery areas of engagement: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... as interrelated rather than discrete areas. We don't think you can tackle climate change without considering social impacts, and we think both of these areas play into governance. This is why we like the SDGs - it captures the interrelated nature ...

ESG integration "crucial" to credit investments: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... governance is a baseline for all. "While every company has a different focus regarding environmental impacts or social impacts, every company has a broad senior management team, and a strategy they're trying to implement," Kopczynski said. "It's often ...

SASB, GRI announce collaborative workplan for further understanding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... financial condition, operating performance r risk profile. The GRI Standards focus on the economic, environmental and social impacts of a company, and contributions towards sustainable development. Users of the GRI Standards identify issues that are ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... there's a systemic issue, to see where social factors can play into economic destruction. We can now see those social impacts in this health pandemic and the social and societal risk that have brought the economic system to a grinding halt." Future work ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Digital human rights issues such as data privacy, cybersecurity and social impacts of AI can pose risks to companies, and protection of digital human rights take on new considerations in the post-COVID-19 era, according to Robeco. Masja Zandbergen ...

GRI to update three Universal Standards, seeks public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... standards. The Universal Standards are a set of reporting standards for public disclosure on economic, environmental and social impacts and are used as a basis for sustainability reporting. There are three universal standards that are the basis for GRI-based ...

GSSB developing new GRI standard for agriculture and fishing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... impacts. Agriculture and fishing are being prioritized "because of their significant economic, environmental and social impacts - on areas such as climate change, biodiversity, and human rights," the GRI noted. GRI is seeking participants in the project ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... they would pay closer attention to their superannuation fund if their provider reported on environmental and/or social impacts. "There's no doubt that ESG is now a central consideration for asset owners, with a large number of investment managers building ...