Search Results

Showing 621 - 630 of 1366 results for "People"

Hiring culturally diverse women improves organisational leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Increasing diversity in leadership teams requires companies to support women and people from culturally diverse backgrounds in applying for positions, and results in improved organisational decision making. In honour of International Women's Day ...

We must approach public equities with an 'impact' mindset

KATHRYN MCDONALD, HEIDI RIDLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... environment? what is the social or environmental effect of the investment? does the investment help meet an unmet need? how many people (or animals or ecosystems) does the investment benefit? Unlike the 'additionality' arguments of other asset ...

Investment consultant creates head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... engagements, The head of sustainability will also lead and manage the Responsible Investment Research Team, which consists of five people members with varying time allocations, JANA said in a job posting for the role. Clients are increasingly seeking ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... movement of workers, which is a drag on continued economic recovery. "The disparity is going to be real, and it will restrict people and workforces as they want to travel," Roost said. "Post-vaccine, the challenge will be managing records, for a whole ...

Guide to assist financial sector in Modern Slavery risk management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian Human Rights commission have launched Financial Services and Modern Slavery: Practical responses to managing risks to people, a guide to help the sector respond effectively to the Modern Slavery Act 2018 and other global human rights reporting ...

ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... infrastructure sector such as utilities, Hurst said. "Over last year to year and a half, the cost of equity has come right down as people has valued the thematic of sustainability much more strongly," Hurst said. "That causes good performance out of ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Hackathons or Design Sprints: we need to set aside thinking time, we need to step away from the day to day, and allow our people to think about new ideas, to test a hypothesis, to run Proof of Concepts (POCs), and to invest in prototypes. Many companies ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... into the transformation agenda. The report links a heightened sense of empathy with action, said Ephraim Patrick, partner (People Strategy and Organisational Enablement) at Mercer. "I would say empathy is an expression of lived behaviours - it's not ...

Healthcare sector offers investment opportunity: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... vaccination, we should start to see a normalisation of returning to more normal levels of procedures in hospitals and as people get vaccinated, they should feel more comfortable to get vaccinated. This will play out this year." Looking to the long-term ...

ESG investment professional salaries revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... command salaries of $250,000 to $300,000, according to Kaizen Recruitment. "You've got multiple firms looking for senior people with the sweet spot of knowledge and passion for ESG and the knowledge of investment to embed ESG in the investment decisions," ...