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SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... is absolutely key," Colton said. "SASB focuses on financially material ESG issues, and the growth rate of companies reporting against their framework is very encouraging as well." SSGA's proprietary R factor is built utilising SASB's materiality framework ...

Human rights, ethical sourcing driving ESG considerations in Asia: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies can unlock opportunities in creating closer relationships with their suppliers. Playing into this is the first reporting season where companies will have to report their Modern Slavery Act reports. Carlsson-Sweeny advises that companies take ...

Companies that manage ESG issues "more resilient": Saturna Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... are aggregating data are limited to what the company itself is providing. Common to see companies to provide scope 1 reporting, scope 2 is becoming more widely disseminated, and scope 3 is something you often have to figure out yourself. Because Saturna's ...

David Atkin, responsible investment leader, to step down as Cbus CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... climate related investment," Bracks said. "Under David's leadership, Cbus has been recognised as a leader on Integrated Reporting in Australia and abroad. "Cbus is recognised as an employer of choice and David has driven a strong focus on gender diversity ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... that traditionally haven't been valued very well. We need some consistent and comparable frameworks for how people are reporting their impacts, and it sort of those tools of practice that are going to enable us to be able to value properly, assess risk ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... responsible investing is increasingly being embedded within Australian investment markets. "There has been a big step up in reporting around responsible investment from the super funds," O'Connor said. "That was a really significant shift, where we're ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... of return." The survey also identified an opportunity for superannuation funds to improve member engagement through reporting of the impact of their investments. A majority - 59% - of all respondents across age groups said they would pay closer attention ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
The GRI has launched a new tax reporting standard for comprehensive tax disclosure at the country-by country level. Tim Mohin, GRI chief executive The GRI Tax Standard is designed to aid mutinationals in disclosing how much and where they pay taxes. ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... communicating to Westpac that their initial response to the AUSTRAC allegations was insufficient, rated Westpac a leader in ESG reporting in their 2019 ESG Reporting by the ASX200 report. AUSTRAC alleges that the bank failed to report 19.5 million international ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... world - sexual harassment goes unreported and underreported. Really, we need two movements - one, to destigmatise the reporting of sexual harassment, and two, to point out to companies that they have a big reputational risk companies if they don't take ...