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Exploding the glass cliff myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... companies that showed a greater level of underperformance than the market. Realindex has researched how issues like gender diversity in company management can indicate potential investment opportunity. The quantitative manager integrates data from ESG ...

Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
New legislation to close the gender pay gap has been introduced, requiring employers to publish pay gap data for increased transparency. The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 requires employers with 100 or more ...

Sustainability reporting, biodiversity, social high on ASX agenda: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... of the social metrics, if we look to some countries like the US, they require a lot more metrics to be disclosed beyond gender," Wynter noted. "It might be anything from race/ethnicity/age/experience as a disclosure metric that's going to be asked by ...

ANZ leads issuance of US$50m gender-lens bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
ANZ has led the issuance of a $50 million four-year Women's Livelihood Bond 5 (WLB5), a gender-lens sustainable bond that aligns with the Orange Bond Principles. The bond has been issued by Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), a pioneer in impact investing ...

Podcast: Is gender diversity an alpha signal - with Joanna Nash

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
In this week's episode, brought to you by Realindex Investments, we discuss how a single issue like gender diversity can be used as an alpha signal as well as a qualitative measure of company risk and opportunity. We speak with Realindex Investments ...

New Forests African forestry fund receives US$200m in investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... production systems." The fund will focus on four areas of impact - climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, gender and diversity, and community and livelihoods. "As long-term investors in Green Resources, Norfund is pleased that the board ...

Critical talent shortage could stall net zero progress: Hays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... the oil and gas sector," Kent said. "The green workforce will be far more equitable and have greater diversity and better gender balance, but that implies that we'll be able to find that talent. "Even if we're able to transition every worker in the oil ...

First Sentier Investors hires industry exec to new ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian equities growth team is leading the industry in the integration of climate change, modern slavery and gender diversity into our investment process." "I'm driven by a desire to actively engage with companies on behalf of end investors," Le ...

Podcast: Nurturing diversity in investment management with Yolanda Beattie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... those funds presents an opportunity for the superannuation fund industry to collectively break down structural barriers to gender parity in the industry. Beattie talks about how her innovative program partners with major super funds and investment managers ...

Integrating ESG central to C-Suite considerations: Mazars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... top-down push from further up in the supply chain across a range of issues including climate change, wage parity, gender diversity, health and safety, remuneration reporting, governance, and compliance. This requires C-Suite executives morph into "all-rounders" ...