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University secures $450 million sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... and 3 emissions, improving biodiversity, Indigenous cultural safety and awareness of UN Sustainability Development Goals, gender equality, and widening participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for blind and visually impaired ...

Cleaning up diversity-washing boosts business performance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... of South Australia's Centre for Workplace Excellence, and the Tech For Good Group. Earlier in the year OMFIF's Gender Balance Index found that at the current rate of progress, it will take 140 years to achieve leadership gender parity in finance. ...

Assessing the risks of psychosocial safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... encourages self-determination towards a resolution, Retallack said. Companies should implement diversity policies that improve gender balance and cultural representation, particularly within leadership, and utilise the middle management leaders that ...

30% women a minimum for boards under new ACSI policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... to develop a timeframe within which they will achieve gender balance (40:40:20) on their boards. "Having 30% gender diversity on Australian boards has shifted from a target to aspire to a minimum standard," Davidson said. "We have updated our policy ...

140 years to gender parity in finance: OMFIF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
It will take more than a century for central banks and other financial institutions to reach gender balance in leadership, according to the Gender Balance Index 2023. The index, released by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) ...

Executive directors overwhelmingly male: AICD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... are women, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). The latest AICD Gender Diversity Report has revealed that while the gender representation of non-executive directors was balanced, there is still considerable ...

Juicing up gender equity with Orange Bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... and/or inclusive value chains, or are majority women-owned or led. Issuers of the bonds must maintain substantial gender diversity in their leadership team or the team working on the bond. The principles also require continued transparency and verification ...

Women-led founders, climate tech grow VC impact sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... our portfolio stats, but we still would like to increase the percentage of dealflow we get with diverse founders both on gender and on other diversity markers." The majority (51%, up from 46% in 2021) of impact startups reviewed by Giant Leap are focused ...

Podcast: Stewardship and ESG Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... responsible investment adviser. During her time at there, she founded 40:40 Vision, an investor led initiative to drive gender diversity in the C-suite of ASX listed companies.

Cybersecurity tops ESG priorities for ASX companies: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... least Scope 1 and 2 emissions and setting targets to align with the Paris agreement by 2025. When it comes to gender diversity, the report found that industry difficulties in attracting gender diverse talent pools was the biggest inhibitor to achieving ...