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CEO pay disparity seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... seen as being the most pressing future ethical challenges. The Governance Institute of Australia has issued its annual Ethics Index, a survey of a thousand people's attitudes to ethical conduct across society. The 2021 Ethics Index Score is 45, down ...

Boards have responsibility to manage ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Ethics and managing material ethical issues is a board responsibility, but directors can be at risk of having tunnel vision and not recognising the impacts of their decisions, according to the Cranlana Centre for Ethical Leadership. Cranlana Centre ...

Assessing animal testing as a governance issue: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... process, that's an uncomfortable balance. Does that balance shift if you're helping millions of people? The thing about ethics is that it's a balance and a balance of when does an unpleasant thing become the choice of preference for a relatively sensible ...

Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... "Consumers are increasing the pressure, choosing to spend their dollars with diverse organisations which can demonstrate strong ethics and good culture. "Internationally, we are seeing countries list diversity as a reportable benchmark for companies ...

Regulation needs to keep up with the rise of ethical investing: Hejaz Financial Services

HAKAN OZYON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... concerns or actively avoid certain investments which carry substantial environmental risk. As is the case with everyday ethics, there are various ways in which the term can be interpreted and enacted through clients' investment strategies or portfolios. ...

HSBC AM takes stake in women-owned ESG investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... RadiantESG investment approach is to view companies through a variety of lenses including product, news flow sentiment, an ethics and norms-based perspective, and NGO perspectives, in addition to employing a traditional ESG operational view in order ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Ethical Investments does not hold any stock in Afterpay, but holds stock in other listed BNPL providers, noted head of ethics research Stuart Palmer. Palmer pointed to restrictions by certain BNPL providers that prevent merchants that use the services ...

Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... 2021 conference, on May 7. FS Sustainability is the media partner for the event. Alexandra Brown, founder of Invest with Ethics, recommends that advisers take a "proactive" approach and ask clients about their ethical investment preferences at part of ...

Companies making net zero commitments they need to keep: investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... results of the benchmarking report can be used as a tool for further engagement going forward, noted Stuart Palmer, head of ethics research at Australian Ethical. Australian Ethical is a member of Climate Action 100+ and acts as a supporting investor ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... water and waste management, labour practices, employee diversity and inclusion, business model resilience, and business ethics, among other indicators. "We designed the system with flexible reporting in mind, to help with communicating to members, and ...