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Ancient ideas fuel new strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing at the centre. Priority areas include climate and resilience, human rights and labour, data security, integrity and business ethics, and responsible lending and investing. IBA chair Eddie Fry, a Dagoman ...

Gender gap to close in 134 years: World Economic Forum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... region's economic participation and opportunity score improved to 71.7%, though significant disparities remained in labour-force participation and workforce representation between countries. While educational and health outcomes were strong, political ...

ISS ESG tackles modern slavery exposure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... financiers screen for and disclose portfolio risk. Investors increasingly face regulatory and stakeholder scrutiny regarding the labour practices of their holdings. Issues like forced labour, child labour and human trafficking can be difficult to identify ...

ISPT issues $1.5bn sustainably linked loan facility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainability performance targets, which include metrics such as emissions intensity, waste reduction, water consumption, and labour certification. These targets are in line with ISPT's ESG framework, which focuses on key areas such as climate change ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... 510,000 increase in 2023-24 - continues to drive housing demand, necessitating an additional 200,000 homes. "ABS data for the labour force and overseas arrivals and departures suggests upside risk to these population projections, and hence, upside risk ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... men). According to the government's Status of Women Report Card 2024, women do a disproportionate share of unpaid domestic labour and care work - about nine hours more each week than men - and do more even when they are the primary breadwinner. Environmental ...

ASX 200 lacks sourcing transparency

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... around where to purchase office supplies to the energy efficiency of appliances or equipment, how companies source their labour, or the environmental impacts of packaging used in products produced."

AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... coming couple of years." With the government tabling an Australian version of the US' Inflation Reduction Act, and Labour putting a carbon price back on the agenda, Hutley says investors remain cautious. "It does worry me that we don't seem to ...

Final text of EU ESG laws released

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... on how far disclosure will go. Entities must disclose whether ratings align with the Paris Agreement, the International Labour Organisation core conventions, and international standards on tax evasion and avoidance. Both reporting entities and ESG rating ...

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... chains that rely on underpayment of workers, underpaid workers, weak regulations, and illegal activities such as forced labour, are unsustainable. Companies that practice such activities are exposed to compliance and brand risk, which may negatively ...