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Climate change, SDG impacts of US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... that approach." The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis have revealed vulnerabilities in systems all over the world, increasing inequality and showing that "major destructions can snowball through these interconnected systems," Petersen noted. ...

WBCSD survey to chart stakeholder engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in collaboration with DNV GL, has issued a survey aimed at gathering insights into how stakeholder engagement, materiality and risk management can support board-level decision-making. The ...

Government appoints Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs Jason Wood said the Expert Advisory Group was a "world leading initiative that brought together key experts with practical knowledge and expertise in combating modern slavery." ...

UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... key consideration as companies negotiate the new social and economic landscape." The United Nations Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, with its membership consisting of more than 10,000 businesses and 3,000 non-business ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia (BCSD Australia) "Even those who don't have a strong sustainability agenda have come to realise that in a world where their share price is cratering, coming out of this they're going to have to be far more able to call upon resilience ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... non-executive director of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and was most recently head of research and public policy at the World Federation of Exchanges. Thijs Reuten has been hired as head of policy and starts 1 April, and will lead the work "to enable ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... that incrementalism is a sensible response to the decarbonisation challenge. Incremental change is leading us to a 3 degree world, and that is not safe and that is not sensible." ACCR will pursue three policy areas this year related to these issues ...

Sustainalytics hires Jodie Tapscott as head of Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... colleagues and institutional clients to advance the field of sustainable investing." Sustainalytics has 16 offices around the world, and more than 600 staff members, including over 200 analysts with varied multidisciplinary expertise across more than ...

Put climate resilience at the core of business strategy: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... scale up investment in mitigation efforts alongside adaptation efforts, according to a new report from the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Andrew Petersen, CEO, Sustainable Business Australia WBCSD recently published Business ...

Coca-Cola Amatil joins membership of BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... grow with corporations and organisations from across Australia that are committed to driving a transition to a sustainable world," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of BCSD Australia. "Coca-Cola Amatil's membership of BCSD Australia is recognition of the progress ...