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Companies at risk from modern slavery exposures beyond first tier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... and making sure that grievance mechanisms are available for use. UBS recently held a panel discussion with Kimberley Randal, CEO of FairSupply and Alexander Coward, senior advisor, Pillar Two, to explore the state of modern slavery statements, looking ...

Sustainability moving from "why" to "how": Banksia Foundation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... similar sentiment is driving companies towards seeking accreditation as a certified B Corp, said B Lab Australia and New Zealand CEO Andrew Davies. A B Corp is a company that has identified sustainable and ethical practice for communities, customers ...

Beyond the spin - what did COP26 actually deliver?

SIMON O'CONNOR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
FS Sustainability is pleased to present this opinion piece from Simon O'Connor, CEO of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). If there is one thing a UN Climate Change Conference always delivers, it is bucketloads of pledges. ...

GII launch gender equality impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... "We've been developing this fund for about four years in line with our business mission and vision," said GII founder and CEO Giles Gunesekera. "We're all about mainstreaming impact investing and doing it at scale. We wanted to develop a fund ...

Biodiversity loss a material financial risk: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... global biodiversity loss, the report notes. "[Biodiversity] is broader and has defence impacts than climate change," said ACSI CEO Louise Davidson. "Some biodiversity loss, for example, is undoubtedly caused by climate change. Some is driven by other ...

RIAA rules out nuclear weapons, e-cigarettes in responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... incumbent on responsible investors to follow suit with their investment decision-making and portfolio construction" said RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor. "The majority of leading practice responsible investors already exclude nuclear weapons, however some ...

Citi launches sustainability-linked supply chain finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... SSCF program is part of a broader move to develop institutional finance products that link in sustainability. "Under [Citi CEO] Jane Fraser's leadership, we have made commitments in terms of US$1 trillion in sustainable finance by 2030, which includes ...

CEO pay disparity seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... uncertainties that came in the second calendar year of managing the COVID-19 pandemic, said Governance Institute of Australia CEO Megan Motto. "The pandemic was the flavouring and context of 2020, and the response to it by governments, organisations ...

AI-based trading platform to integrate ESG data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Jaaims is integrating data and ESG scores from research provider Sustainalytics to augment their existing datasets, said Jaaims CEO Tui Eruera. Jaaims notes that their AI algorithm can analyse a stock in 73 seconds, with real-time data every 15 minutes. ...

Investors, business criticise WA cultural heritage bill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... to see Western Australia as having "elevated risks of the type seen in the tragic destruction of Juukan Gorge," said RIAA CEO Simon O'Connor. Under UNDRIP, First Nations people's rights must be protected, and GCNA executive director Kylie Porter singled ...