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U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Ethical fund manager U Ethical is reporting resilience in its equities funds in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Georgina Laird, Jon Fernie, U Ethical "Sustainable strategies have held up pretty well, whether it's ethical, ESG or sustainability strategies ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... commercial cleaning sectors have made no material disclosure about their labour hire and/or contracting workforce in annual reporting documents, according to research from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). Katie Hepworth, ACCR ...

IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
IFM investors is reporting a nearly 8% reduction in carbon emissions across its Australian infrastructure portfolio in the 2018/2018 financial year. Chris Newton, head of responsible investing at IFM Investors. The IFM Investors' FY 2019 Australian ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... is on the cards as well. The robustness of COVID-19 bonds will hinge on the use of proceeds of the funds raised, the reporting on how said funds improve impacts of COVID-19, in terms of health and economic outcomes. "Healthcare services related to COVID-19 ...

APRA creating and recruiting to fill role of head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... entities to minimise costs and optimise benefits," APRA said in the February letter. APRA is not prescriptive of the reporting frameworks that regulated entities should use, but rather encourages the adoption of voluntary frameworks such as the Financial ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... in supply chains, opening up investor and business risk as well as questions about compliance with Modern Slavery Act reporting. Earlier this week, Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs Jason Wood MP announced the ...

Trucost hires Michael Salvatico to head APAC ESG business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... manager for the ASEAN region and will be based in Singapore. She has extensive experience in sustainability strategy, ESG reporting, materiality assessment, and climate change services. Zheng has formerly worked in the sustainability team at KPMG as ...

Brokers recognised for research at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... research by a non-broking firm is: - Best Piece of Investor Relevant ESG Research (non-broking firm): Modern Slavery Reporting - guide for investors, by Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Investment Management and Kate Griffiths and Ian McIlwraith, Australian ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... supplier companies in the cleaning and security sectors in its pilot phase. The goal is to create a single source of reporting for suppliers and a pool of information that property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in ...

GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... the grant to build awareness and capacity of Australian businesses to respond to the Australian Modern Slavery Act's reporting requirements "with a focus on strengthening remediation processes including company-run grievance mechanisms," GCNA said. Guidance ...