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ACSI updates gender diversity policy to apply to ASX200 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... set up a new Investment Banking/Private Equity Working Group to seek greater support from business and the investment community, and to increase their contribution towards building gender diverse boards," Wakefield Evans said. "The community at large ...

Corporate culture a factor in stock selection: WCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... WCM Investment Management. Rolf Kelly, portfolio manager and business analyst, WCM As investors, as well as the wider community, digest the findings of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... was criticized for underwriting and investing in coal." There is new urgency to the task that is felt by the business community, Black of Deloitte said. "I think that business feels a sense of urgency around climate adaption far more strongly than policymakers," ...

Teachers Mutual Bank receives RIAA certification for products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... products, but has moved into banking. "Bank Australia have their retail lending and deposit products certified, and Community Sector Banking's social impact deposit account is certified," O'Connor noted. "We're really seeing that it's a shift from responsible ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, and it appears from responses that business is responding to community trust concerns: almost a quarter (24%) of Australian corporate leaders now rank having a positive societal impact as the most ...

Sustainalytics acquires GES International, increases global reach

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Michael Jantzi, Sustainalytics' CEO. "The strengths and capabilities that our two firms bring to the global investment community comes at a critical time with engagement on ESG issues becoming a more important tool for investors in executing their ESG ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... is becoming considerable. We're seeing pushback around - take Sidewalk Toronto. A lead developer is Alphabet, and the community and the media became quite anxious about what's happening to the data - is it going out of Canada, is it going straight to ...

Impact Investing Australia to administer $7m Australian government fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... eligible for-purpose businesses seeking additional investment to expand their positive contribution to the Australian community. "We have provided grants to 29 social enterprises over the last three and a half years" said IIA CEO Sally McCutchan. "As ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... those faced by plaintiffs in the US for a number of reasons. First, we have a very active class action plaintiff lawyer community, well supported by litigation funders. Secondly, the evidentiary threshold required to discharge a misleading disclosure ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Business Australia as chair comes at crucial time as questions of corporate accountability and leadership become key community and investor issues," said Andrew Petersen, CEO of Sustainable Business Australia. "John's expertise and pragmatic business ...