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Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... economy needs access to open markets wherever it can find them, the wave of very high quality strategic FTAs done with North Asia/SE Asian partnerships has been really critical to that. Europe remains the largest economic partner full stop when we include ...

Corporate culture a factor in stock selection: WCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... of time on what are those incentives. It depends on the industry, and it depends on cultural differences. For example, in Asia you don't find a lot of stock ownership by management in Northern Asia, so you can't use the same lens for a Japanese company ...

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... outlined potential areas in the healthcare sector. "Most Australian health care companies source their workers and goods from Asia, where low-cost labour is widespread," the report said. "Factories around Asia are also highly reliant on migrant workers ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... 2019. "The big push into 2019 is what we saw turning out to the end of last year - the trust agenda," said Matthew Bell, Asia Pacific managing partner of climate change and sustainability services at EY. "With the Royal Commission closing the curtain ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... executives - 134 of whom were based in Australia last year. Survey respondents represented 19 countries from the Americas, Asia and Europe, and came from all major industry sectors, Deloitte said. All survey respondents were C-level executives, including ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... manager for sustainable strategies at Stewart Investors. Stewart Investors is primarily an equity fund manager, covering Asia Pacific, emerging markets, worldwide and sustainable investment strategies, primarily based in Edinburgh, with research offices ...

BlackRock Real Assets names Charlie Reid to lead Asia-Pac renewables

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... BlackRock Real Assets has appointed Managing Director Charlie Reid to extend their renewable energy investment business in Asia Pacific. Reid will be based in Sydney and responsible for sourcing, executing and managing renewable infrastructure assets ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... plan for us is to expand this methodology to other markets where data isn't at appropriate standards, like India, South East Asia, Japan, countries in Africa - more or less everywhere except the EU and US," Gray said. "There are different reasons why ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... management globally. New Forests manages more than 950,000 hectares of land and forests in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States for sustainable timber production and conservation. New Forests will benefit from the initiatives ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... the bar on sustainability performance, but also paving a clear path for others to follow," said Ruben Langbroek, Head of Asia Pacific at GRESB. "Industry stakeholder collaboration and ambitious target setting are driving the region's leadership. To illustrate ...