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Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... inclusion in organisations, disability inclusion has emerged as the missing puzzle piece in the campaign for better diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). There are 4.4 million Australians living with disability, around 20% of the population, of which ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... included Woodside Energy, which Aware Super had publicly slammed last month for its unclear climate plan. On gender diversity, Stewart praised the progress. Since 2015, there has been an 89% increase in board positions on the ASX300 held by women, according ...

Proxy voting targets DEI and pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has joined executive remuneration packages as top of mind in proxy voting this year. According to data compiled by the international equity team at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, shareholder proposals related ...

J.P. Morgan vows $2.5 tn for sustainable development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... released Environmental Social Governance Report 2023, the firm laid out its sustainable finance flows, as well as internal diversity and inclusion metrics for staff and management. Its achievements so far include a 15% reduction in Scope 1 and Scope ...

Social impact groups bolster leadership

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... label provides employment and training opportunities to migrant and refugee women. It was the first nomination in the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) category to take out the top sustainability prize.

RIAA: Sustainability goes mainstream

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... issues will be covered at this conference. It will be, as always, agenda-setting," RIAA co-CEO Estelle Parker said. "The diversity of themes we're covering over the days of the conference show the breadth of issues that responsible investors are ...

DEI winner takes home top prize

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... retail store - while reducing textile waste. The charity won the Gold National Banksia Sustainability Award and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award sponsored by L'OrĂ©al, winners of the 2022 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award. The awards celebrate ...

Nature taskforce announces leadership overhaul

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... negotiations of the Global Biodiversity Framework, adopted in 2022, as executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Maruma Mrema said the co-chair position "has been an honour". "I am particularly delighted that the final recommendations ...

Deutsche Bank links 33% of long-term bonuses to non-financial targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... investments, the reduction of electricity consumption in the bank's buildings, climate risk management, improvements in gender diversity, and governance factors including control risk management, anti-money laundering and know-your-client activities. ...

Minorities to have bigger say under Positive Duty regime: Rio Tinto

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... white male engineers. "It has been an important process to engage our employee reference groups, and our inclusion and diversity groups around how work facilities get tailormade for them so they feel safe." Another problem facing superannuation funds ...