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DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund manager DWS will use an ESG advisory board to provide additional advice on how the fund manager can accelerate sustainability activities as part of its investment activities. Every organisation can get very internally focused, and you need ...

Cromwell Property Group sets net zero carbon target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Cromwell Property Group has set a target of achieving a net zero carbon emission target by 2050. Cromwell has disclosed its target and progress across sustainability metrics in its 2020 sustainability report. The property group acknowledged the impacts ...

Majority of super funds not disclosing portfolio holdings: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
The majority of major superannuation funds are not disclosing their portfolio holdings, according to research from Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker's just completed 2020 Super Fund Portfolio Holdings Study found only 27 major super funds, about ...

RealIndex appoints former Acadian executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Systematic equities manager Realindex Investments has hired Joanna Nash to the newly created role of senior quantitative portfolio manager. Nash has 13 years' quantitative investment experience including senior roles at Acadian, where she was a ...

ACCR files resolutions with BHP, AGL for AGM votes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has filed resolutions with two companies, kicking off its campaign for the major AGM season in Australia. Dan Gocher, ACCR director of climate and environment The resolutions to BHP request ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... and if they pollute the world, they should actually be penalised?" The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) also said executives must not be rewarded for normal business functions. "While AGL's intention to reward executives to reduce ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... reporting their voting record has increased from 2018-2019, according to the Australasian Centre on Corporate Reporting (ACCR). Dan Gocher, ACCR director of climate and environment ACCR has released Two Steps Forward, One Step Back, examining how Australia's ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... workforce in annual reporting documents, according to research from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR). Katie Hepworth, ACCR director of workers' rights ACCR's report, Labour Hire and Contracting Across the ASX100, examined 19 ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the Woodside AGM has received a majority of shareholders' support. The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) lodged four shareholder resolutions with the AGM of ASX-listed oil and gas company Woodside Petroleum Limited. The AGM was ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Within Australia, Katie Hepworth, director of workers' rights at the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), highlighted concerns over the impacts of COVID-19 in the agriculture and cleaning sectors, because of previously identified ...