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Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... their communities are supported in the transition to renewable energy. This body would include representation from and engagement with all stakeholders who will be affected, including communities, union groups, environmental groups, and businesses. A ...

Super funds ESG options underweight BHP, overweight CSL: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG portfolios have in recent years clearly evolved from simplistic divestment strategies, to a mix of divestment, engagement and positive portfolio construction. And this should be overlaid with how the Safeguard Mechanism works, ASIC's greenwashing ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... specialist, Ghislaine Nadaud, said that modern slavery and human rights is one of the company's key themes for engagement for 2023. "The modern slavery theme follows earlier work trying to raise living wages in notoriously low-paid industries where ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... the workplace. Bangladesh: safety improvements, more to be done In the wake of the Rana Plaza tragedy, three multi-stakeholder-driven accords were created - the legally binding Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety (the Accord), the retail-driven ...

Businesses back stronger Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... beyond individual reporting periods," FairSupply said. "Deeper supply chain interrogation. Clear identification of and engagement with high-risk suppliers and where necessary remediation activity. A stronger due diligence response to address and remediate ...

Australia "on notice" as final TNFD draft framework released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... EY's Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice. "We're actually seeing a pretty decent amount of engagement from the business community towards reviewing and adopting what those risks and issues might be. "Now that we have the final ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... talent that value the motto "work hard, rest hard". Recent trials are finding that revenue is up, alongside employee engagement and retention - and companies won't go back to the traditional model any time soon. But while this spells a boon for skilled ...

Aviva Investors creates head of climate policy role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... to help power the transition towards a sustainable future." Aviva Investors' macro stewardship programme focuses on engagement with governments, policymakers and other stakeholders to "correct market failures on sustainability issues," Aviva Investors ...

ASIC issues Indigenous Financial Services Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... called the new framework "a welcome challenge to the financial services sector to reconsider how products, services and stakeholder decisions align with, and genuinely progress the outcomes identified through the development of the framework. "The sector ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... might be anything from race/ethnicity/age/experience as a disclosure metric that's going to be asked by investors." Engagement with First Nations communities around cultural heritage and closing the gap-related issues also featured in 2022. "We did talk ...