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Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The Property Council of Australia (PCA) is leading a collaborative group of the 17 largest property companies in developing a tech platform that gathers and collates information from industry suppliers on their modern slavery exposures in operations ...

Financial services industry addressing leadership in uncertain times: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... know the galvanising action that will trigger a quick and dramatic change in public perception, noting that the public health need to socially distance upended beliefs about the utility of working from home, while the bushfire crisis galvanised public ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has awarded Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova 's Global Sustainable Equity Fund. Simon O'Connor, CEO RIAA Mirova is the sustainable investment affiliate manager to Natixis Investment ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... creation for investors overall," but that conclusion may be revised in light of the current economic crisis impacted by the health pandemic. After the Trump administration signed into law legislative package of tax cuts, including cuts to the corporate ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... AGM "with a range of appropriate precautions that may include limiting or refusing entry in order to comply with expert health and government advice," and is encouraging shareholders to "use the range of digital options available to participate in the ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
Companies with stronger performance on material environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations appear to be performing more strongly in the abrupt downturn of financial markets, according to fund managers with fundamental qualitative ESG-themed ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... engagement in the overall finance industry.... We are pausing for this crisis, and the big priority just now is looking at the health of our people. We are resilient, we are engaged in a big way in business, and we will return with new ideas. Our values ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... post-crisis. Matthew Bell, EY Asia Pacific climate change and sustainability leader Companies are making decisions to protect health and wellbeing within operations and in their supply chain as well as shore up stability. "This is the real test for corporations ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... issues to this summer's bushfire emergency, and suggested that the current coronavirus pandemic could lead to concerns over health-related issues. "Consumer expectations and norms are shifting," O'Connor said. "There is an upswing connecting bushfires ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... be thinking about what needs to happen, but the better practice is to pause and focus on people first, because this is a health crisis," said Juliet Bourke, partner in human capital at Deloitte Australia. "People are affected at an individual level ...