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Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... investment landscape and our exposure to climate change itself demands a comprehensive review of Australian climate risk. To protect every Australian, we need to understand where we are exposed to the effects of climate change." The Paris Agreement that ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors have brought questions directly to the annual general meetings of ASX-listed payday lenders Money3 and Cash Converters, raising concerns over companies' standards in lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... rights as something that applies to governments and that the Universal Declaration of Human rights implies that duty to protect lies with government and they rely on the rule of law to determine how human rights should manifest itself. I'm not saying ...

ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Australian businesses are increasingly recognising they need to manage human rights risks in their supply chains, but lack clear strategies and processes to take action, according to new research from the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australian ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... with governments, companies and investors, and Mercer is contributing to that as both a long term investor that wants to protect the long term returns of the assets we oversee, and also as an advisor who wants to help clients think about this kind of ...

AXA IM to launch second impact investing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) is developing a second impact investing fund of funds strategy, which will build upon the first fund launched two years ago. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM In 2013, AXA IM's global Responsible ...

GRI links connections between G4, UN Guiding Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has published a linkage document that demonstrates the connections between the GRI G4 Reporting Guidelines and the concepts of the United Nations Guiding Principle on Business and Human Rights. GRI notes that there ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s Vote Your Super initiative will rally support for resolutions for AGL's annual general meeting (AGM) demanding the company set a quantitative target for annual reductions on emissions from power generation ...

Newpin social benefit bond returns 8.9% in second year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
The Newpin Social Benefit Bond has completed its second year, restoring 66 children to the care of their families and returning 8.9% to investors, according to Social Venture Australia (SVA). Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social ...

Governance Institute appoints Steven Burrell as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
The Governance Institute of Australia has hired Steven Burrell as its new chief executive officer. Burrell is the former general manager of communications and public affairs at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and will begin in ...