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Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... responsible investment industry has in recent years faced a backlash surrounding environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) practices. However anti-ESG backlash won't impact global trends towards ESG, claims Jens Peers, chief information ...

Looking beyond the gender pay gap

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Financiers are calling for a more nuanced breakdown of the gender pay gap, including executive salaries, and metrics tracking race, disability, and gender diverse individuals. This week, Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) revealed the median total ...

Business calls for 12-month climate reporting delay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The Business Council of Australia has called for a minimum 12-month delay on climate reporting, citing a need for "training wheels" to prevent "risking failure." This comes as Treasury considers a 6-month delay raised by the Australian Institute of ...

PRI appoints RI ecosystem officers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... signatories," said PRI CEO David Atkin. "Cambria brings a strong background in financial services, responsible investment, and governance to this role, as well as a deep subject matter expertise and a curiosity for learning that aligns well with PRI's ...

Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... funds "were exposed to controversial weapons investments, despite Morningstar's Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) Policy stating that such investments would be excluded." The PDS for the Morningstar International Shares (Unhedged) ...

ISSB publishes jurisdictional guide, seeks experts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has published a guide to support jurisdictional adoption of standards, as it searches for 150 experts to provide technical input on sustainability disclosures in financial reports. This comes as ...

Family businesses see ESG driving future: Grant Thornton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... benefits of sustainable strategies, while 42% of males believe sustainability has no impact, respondents said. Family governance frameworks play a pivotal role in the success of these businesses - about 68% of family businesses acknowledge the importance ...

AXA IM warns companies on climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... real economy policies to further support the transition to a net-zero world," AXA IM sustainability coordination and governance head Clemence Humeau said. "During this 2024 voting season, with governments and political action at the forefront of the ...

Podcast: Driving net zero in infrastructure - Niall Mills

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... reporting; diversity, equity and inclusion, which focuses on setting diversity priorities and representation reporting; governance, which includes independent board representation, standards and qualification compliance, customer satisfaction surveys ...

Australian Unity to assist as trustees in compensation deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Australian Unity has been engaged in distributing $27.5m federal government compensation to falsely imprisoned Indonesian children. Australian Unity Trustees will assist in distributing the money to "as many as 240 Indonesian victims, who were wrongfully ...