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Critical talent shortage could stall net zero progress: Hays

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... director of sustainability Chris Kent. There are multiple reasons for the shortages - some related to overall tight employment conditions in Australia, Kent acknowledged. "For example, if you're looking at major solar projects that rely on a blue-collar ...

Uncovering value in ESG improvers: Pengana

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... bribery/anti-corruption. Through engagements on those issues and others, Pengana expressed their concerns over employee satisfaction and employment training investments. "Some of those processes weren't in place, but some were and were not being ...

Ratification of Forced Labour Protocol to impact Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... complaint, how will they handle it," Coward noted. However, Baker and McKenzie partner Sean Selleck, who specialises in employment law, says the ratification doesn't have teeth until the federal government takes further legislative steps. "The real ...

CEFC reaches $10 billion landmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... filling market gaps where the private sector is absent, we are helping position Australia to take advantage of the employment and economic potential of the low emissions economy of the future." In the six months to the end of 2021, the CEFC made investments ...

Conscious Investment Management adopts Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Torres Strait Islander peoples and businesses to promote reconciliation through our investing activities, partnerships, employment and operations." CIM has around $250 million under management from a range of values-aligned investors including high net ...

Integrating just transitions into climate calculations: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... would give it greater visibility as we get there," Reid said. "But there are metrics around the workforce, there are employment metrics, upskilling metrics, and making sure there is that employment is being considered. That will help investors." Investors ...

ASX companies not disclosing labour hire risks: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... this data for their indirect workforce, the report found. The report focuses broadly on what ACCR calls "triangular employment arrangements" involving three parties: a worker; a host company; and an intermediary, such as a labour hire agency. The arrangement ...

Fostering equity, inclusion key to diversity gains: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... diversity efforts. Regnan defines equitable as meaning eliminating bias throughout formal processes that govern the employment relationship, while inclusion means creating a supportive culture that empowers all employees to perform at their best. "In ...

Fund manager issues first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... cultural awareness and understanding, and looking at how you as an organisation procure looking at your supply base, your employment opportunities, and then your sphere of influence." Melior identified raising awareness, advocating and sharing information ...

CEFC, CBA finance plastic recycling facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... 2025. The new plant will recycle the equivalent of an estimated one billion PET bottles a year and create long term employment opportunities in Albury-Wodonga, and the recycled PET plastic will be used to produce more than 20,000 tonnes of new bottles ...