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Pivot to virtual AGMs, communication offer opportunities: Redback Connect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... platform this year, and is moving to provide services that adapt to the social distancing rules that have come with the public health response to coronavirus. "This is really a change that needed to happen," said Jeff Downs, CEO and founder of Redback ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Their clients now hail from a range of sectors from private investors and self managed super funds, to institutions in the health and education sectors. In terms of engagement work, U Ethical is maintaining its longer term issue of interest while taking ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... operations. Meanwhile, while 86% of companies in the mining, construction and commercial cleaning sector report some numerical health and safety data, only 26% disaggregate this data for their contractor and/or labour hire workforce. "A transformation ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... hinge on the use of proceeds of the funds raised, the reporting on how said funds improve impacts of COVID-19, in terms of health and economic outcomes. "Healthcare services related to COVID-19 is an obvious candidate, but other sectors would also qualify ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... significant and unprecedented disruption for Australian businesses and global supply chains." This disruption, and the health and safety and greater human rights impacts on employees in the supply chain both in Australia and internationally have raised ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
As markets and investors adapt to the economic and market impacts of the coronavirus, more evidence is gathering that companies with better ESG scores are showing better market performance. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment ...

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 ...