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Norway wealth fund leans on AI for climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... considerations, and 31% social. Twenty-three percent of all engagements relate to climate, followed by 13% relating to human rights. Greater use of AI is one of five strategic priorities outlined in the climate report. The others include enhancing focus ...

Accelerating green capital: What Australia's first sustainable finance taxonomy means for business

ILONA MILLAR, LILY MORTON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... respect of other key environmental objectives and meeting minimum social safeguards (MSS) for corporate governance, human rights and First Nations people's rights. The release of the Taxonomy is a significant development in Australia's Sustainable Finance ...

HESTA outlines priorities to ASX 300 boards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... adopted, and decent work, relating to flexibility and fair conditions, prioritised. This also includes management of human rights risks. "These efforts not only attract and retain talent but also foster innovation, help close the gender pay gap and drive ...

Alliance formed to demand polluters pay their 'fair share'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... Conservation Council of NSW, Queensland Conservation Council, Environment Victoria, Friends of the Earth Australia, Human Rights Law Centre, Environmental Advocacy in Central Queensland, Lighter Footprints, Nillumbik Climate Action Team, Peoples Climate ...

IFM Investors launches modern slavery framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... data. Tools like KnowTheChain's sector-specific benchmarks and the World Benchmarking Alliance's Corporate Human Rights Benchmark offer valuable reference points, while emerging technology solutions including AI and blockchain applications promise ...

Pendal, Regnan funds expand controversial weapons exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... Health Organisation, it is harmful to humans by all means of exposure and can burn all the way through to the skin. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have both claimed Israeli forces have used white phosphorous weapons in Gaza and along Lebanon's ...

BlackRock, Vanguard bankroll 'genocide', illegal occupation: UN

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025  |  NEWS
... report, From economy of occupation to economy of genocide, mentions nearly 50 global companies that are "implicated in human rights violations and international crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory [oPt]". They include Microsoft, Alphabet and ...

Green moves: Greenpeace, IGCC, Mirvac, PRI

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... president of asset stewardship at State Street Global Advisers, where he will focus on social issues. At PRI, he managed human rights and governance programs covering decent work, diversity, equity and inclusion, and responsible political engagement. ...

Mind the reporting gap: ASX companies urged to improve

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... are material weaknesses in how corporate Australia assesses and reports on social impact, with critical areas like human rights largely unmeasured. It found only 55% of social indicators are reported on by ASX100 companies, based on 22 out of 40 key ...

Public sector pay gap revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Office (ATO). It also included data on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), Clean Energy Regulator, Australian Human Rights Commission, "Releasing public sector gender pay gaps for the first time today places a spotlight on these employers, like ...