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Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... manager to 'investments that support the development of sustainable land use and food production," noted Amanda Richman, ethics analyst at Australian Ethical. Investments in food-related industries must form part of a healthy diet, be produced in an ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... an analysis of three dominant ESG themes in Australia - energy and climate policy, modern slavery in supply chains, and ethics in the financial sector. The report also explores how investors could potentially integrate ESG data into three equity strategies ...

Ethical Investment Week to focus on "The Sustainability Revolution"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... and now exceed $2 billion in assets under management, reflecting consumer demand for investments that align with their ethics. "We have a questionnaire that we ask people when they meet with us," Pinnell said. "Most advisers have to do a fact-find. In ...

Emerging markets bring exposure to unmanaged ESG risk: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... there were five MEIs that were especially important in emerging markets - corporate governance, human capital, business ethics, product governance and data privacy and security. The research also found that while the emerging market index had a higher ...

Retail investors would accept lower returns for ethical performance: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... for shareholders'." Young investors are more likely to care about what KPMG labeled 'trust' factors, such as environment, ethics, values, good treatment of employees, in their investment decisions, while middle-aged investors are likely to care the least. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... lot more. What's interesting for us is that we see that translating quite neatly into a push for organisations to address ethics. It's an introspection needed by organisations about what it is that they do and who it is that they're supposed to serve. ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Champions are embracing the responsibility to train their employees with a proactive approach, while emphasising society and ethics. "What we're trying to do is find something to put a handle on leadership types, and we recognise, that would recognise ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... Threshold also outlines eight actions that organisations should be doing - develop digital literacy, expand strategy, embed ethics, maximise trustworthiness, pursue mindfulness, champion sustainable digitalization, build shared vision and drive smart ...

UCA Funds Management certified as B Corp, signs Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... those things that associate with the brand," he said. "We're a professional funds management business that has a focus on ethics, and we are a social enterprise, too. When we talk to prospective clients, those that are membership based or their customers ...

ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... which "distil Regnan's analysis of companies' ESG exposures and responses into single scores for specific themes - such as ethics and conduct, workplace health and safety, climate change and board management - and into top level E, S and G scores, expressing ...