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ISS ESG launches Solactive ISS ESG Prime Index Series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... respective business models and value chains. The standards are based on established norms such as the United Nations Global Compact and the absence of significant involvement in defined sectors. The indices aim to align with current market and regulatory ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... Tinto, and is a board member and chair, human rights of the Global Compact Network Australia. "Pillar 2 of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is all about the business responsibility to respect human rights and the importance ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... 10% of revenue is garnered from thermal coal, and companies that are red-flagged for violation of United Nations Global Compact norms under MSCI's controversies ratings. "In terms of the ESG tilt, the index attempts to capture a wide range of ESG risks ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative and the United Nations Global Compact have released a practical guide to assist companies in better measure and report on their impacts on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The new publication, Integrating the ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
In the year since the launch of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Australia's Big Four banks have been mapping their performance against these goals and which goals are relevant to their business strategies. The SDGs came into ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... in some cases, the investment strategies are excluding red flagged companies, and excluding companies that fail [United Nations] Global Compact compliance," Salvatico said. "In our research, we're mapping across the controversies to the Global Compact. ...

Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Australian businesses are aware of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and many are planning strategic partnerships targeting material goals, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s 8 th Annual ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Investors and companies are working to assess, evaluate and plan to integrate the goals of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a process supported by a wide variety of stakeholders on all side of the process. Alice Cope, executive ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership, collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... announcing their renewed memorandum of understanding, the GRI and UN Global Compact will focus on supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "We are pleased to renew our long-standing and essential collaboration with GRI on sustainability ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... founding Australian representative to the UN Global Compact. There is a growing convergence of initiatives such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Finance Initiative, and the Global Compact, with resources to manage those initiatives ...