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BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate and sovereign ESG scoring models, develop new investment strategies linked to equality and social themes, target inequality through proxy voting, and influence public policy through engagement. Details will be announced in 2024. "Our corporate ...

Global economists identify key risks for the decade ahead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... will provide partial solutions to some crises - such as healthcare, food security and climate mitigation - but drive inequality and widen the gap between the haves and have-nots. However, rampant disinformation, already seen on a wide scale during 2023 ...

Slow progress on human rights in business

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... companies from ten sectors across 80 countries on the first steps that companies should be taking to address gender inequality. WBA found that overall, global performance on gender equality is "dismal". In most companies, women are underrepresented in ...

Most inclusive Aussie orgs named

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Future Super, was on the list. CEO Simon Sheikh commented: "Future Group's mission is to reduce climate change and inequality so I'm deeply proud of the work we do internally as a business to celebrate our diverse employee base, and ensure we ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... to $17 afterwards in insurance recoveries." Insurance protects assets and income from long term shocks, influences inequality, protects marginalised members of society, and incentivises loss mitigation. Some insurance providers are offering climate resilience-tied ...

Australia's wealth gap deepens: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... increase) and the lowest 20% (with a 20% increase) in the dust. The largest contributor to the overall increase in wealth inequality over the period was superannuation, ACOSS said. While not as concentrated in the hands of the wealthiest households as ...

Successful merger for social and inequality reporting framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
Two initiatives focusing on inequality-related and social-related financial disclosures have successfully consolidated into a single taskforce to address related risks in reporting. The initiatives - the Taskforce on Inequality-related Financial Disclosures ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... the foundation for "a better economy for all" and would build societal resilience to "systems level risk" caused by inequality and destruction of cultural heritage. RIAA sponsors the Dhawura Ngilan Business and Investor Initiative which Parker said works ...

APRA strengthens super fund ESG responsibilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... market-wide performance, which in turn is impacted by climate change and increasingly biodiversity loss and rising inequality. APRA's updated guidance should provide greater confidence to funds looking to mitigate such risks and shape sustainability ...

Review recommends significant reforms to Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... clothes, lights up our electronics, and seasons our food. At its core, modern slavery is a manifestation of extreme inequality. "It is a mirror held to power, reflecting who in any given society has it and who does not. Nowhere is this paradox more present ...