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Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... their portfolios by using a proprietary risk assessment tool, using parameters including the Global Slavery Index, Transparency International and other frameworks. "That helps us to identify the companies we should be identifying in terms of engagements ...

Investec Asset Management launches Global Environment Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... portfolio at the moment, managed with a five-year plus horizon, and the importance of that is engagement and impact and transparency right at the top." The strategy seeks to invest in companies around three broad themes - "first, by providing access ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... businesses will be more reporting on human rights exposures. Australian businesses in 2019 will have to provide more transparency into their human rights obligations. This is as a result of the legislation for the modern slavery bill. Although some Australian ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... we expected, in terms of how they're performing." ISF has recommended that consumer product manufacturers improve transparency in their ingredients list. "That is something that I think in future will become more and more important, because companies ...

Companies engage with material human rights issues: BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... within the human rights domain. For example, modern slavery and human trafficking are the key topics of the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and the UK Modern Slavery Act." The report also references the foreshadowed Australian Modern Slavery ...

Cbus becomes Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... of their stewardship practices." The code is intended to provide superannuation funds with a means to demonstrate transparency and accountability. Cbus is a profit to member superannuation fund managing more than $47 billion on behalf of 780,000 members. ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... We've been very active in terms of certification thru the [Forest Stewardship Council] FSC. We've brought much more transparency in terms of impact reporting across the sustainable framework. I think we have got some ideas that can be brought to the ...

A4S to address sustainability, disclosure at World Congress of Accountants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... against ESG issues." A4S will bring this message to business and finance delegates at WCOA, with a call for greater transparency and meaningful disclosure. A4S was the original founder of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), and supports ...

GPIF selects S&P Down Jones Indices for ESG benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Exchange in Japan. "We are honored to be working with GPIF and JPX to raise market awareness for higher ESG data transparency and disclosure," said Alex Matturri, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices. "As the only carbon indices selected by GPIF, the S&P Global ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... managers to provide greater guidance and better strategies so that investors can avoid inadvertently rewarding a lack of transparency. "Australian investors are increasingly sensitive to corporate behaviour when thinking about where to invest their retirement ...