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Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... disruption without gender diversity? Think again, a survey of 350 C-suite executives from the top 200 companies in seven industries around the world. The majority - 69% - told EY that they believe they will achieve gender parity on their board within ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... communications, at Dimensional Fund Advisors Australia. "A lot of in-and-out strategies can mean you end up excluding entire industries that result in a not very diverse portfolio," Parker said. "This is a way of rewarding performance by weighting towards ...

Australia to implement EITI standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Australia will join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), nearly four years after first studying the initiative for applicability. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is an international set of standards for transparency ...

Companies exposed to water scarcity risks: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... encourage efficient water use. Sustanalytics analysed companies in the food products, semiconductors and utilities industries and found that 40% of the companies have poor water management programs, despite having exposures such as competing in water-intensive ...

Experts weigh implications of Labor's ETS proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... EITES will have access to cheaper international carbon offset units and will also establish an AU$300 million Strategic Industries Reserve Fund over three years from 1 July 2017 to 2020. The fund will support EITEs as they modernise and diversify to ...

FlexiGroup prices first green asset-backed security transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... funding has represented a significant portion of the Certegy business for several years and is one of our strongest industries. In offering the Class A2-G note, FlexiGroup has given new and existing investors the opportunity to directly support environmentally ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... said. "What we've seen from some of our clients is that they want to screen out some of those poorer-performing ESG industries or companies," Leonard said. "We have bans on gambling, tobacco, and the like for some clients, and they'll also look at limiting ...

CHRB launches human rights methodology, pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Corporate Human Rights Benchmark will focus on the largest companies in the agricultural products, apparel and extractives industries, and the results will be published in November 2016. CHRB has been two years in the development, and received consultation ...

Q&A: Madeleine Senior, Bert Rebelo, Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... billion in assets and is the custodian for asset owners including the Future Fund, CSC, QIC, IAG, ACT Treasury and Energy Industries Superannuation Scheme (EISS). In 2015, Northern Trust established an asset management sales and client servicing team ...

Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... according to ANZ. Michael Whitehead, ANZ Bank's sector head of food, beverages and agribusiness global diversified industries The agriculture sector is currently undergoing change at a pace not seen since the 1960s, said Michael Whitehead, ANZ sector ...