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Executive appointment roundup: State Street, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... the firm and was the global head of its asset owner segment. She is also a champion of State Street's inclusion, diversity, and equity program and serves as the co-executive sponsor of their Disability Awareness Alliance. In this role, Donohue will ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary problem?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... - instead of something separate. At its May AGM BlackRock shareholders overwhelmingly supported climate-friendly and diversity policies. ESG was being shunned by some because it was being used as too general a term, Michael Viehs global head of sustainable ...

Disability advocate heads up sustainability at State Street

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... at the firm and was the global head of its asset owner segment. She is also a champion of State Street's inclusion, diversity, and equity program and serves as the co-executive sponsor of their Disability Awareness Alliance. In this role, Donohue will ...

Climate transition not one-size-fits-all

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... resilience and adaptability. Most communities that are vulnerable to economic decline during transition lack economic diversity, access to essential services, and social capital, the report finds. The report Making Our Way argues that local transition ...

CPA's putting the 'S' in ESG: How does Canada compare?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... reportable in their timeline rather than areas of greatest need in their community." She said that to address this, diversity and inclusion reporting is needed at more senior levels. Companies need to adopt a wider set of diversity disclosures expanded ...

Cleaning up diversity-washing boosts business performance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... anti-DEI-washing app Impacter to help businesses self-assess, improve business outcomes, and move towards best practice on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The new cloud-based software aims to help business owners, HR managers, finance teams and ...

Chinese listed companies that invest in ESG show higher quality financial reporting: Study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainability. "Social determinants include working conditions, labour, conflicts, health and safety, employee relations, and diversity," Wu said. "Examples of environmental impacts include climate change, waste and pollution, deforestation, and resource ...

Snapshot: The rapid evolution of sustainable investing in Asia

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... Lang said. Companies may "have multiple guidelines and internal policies on compliance training, responsible marketing, diversity and inclusion, but they are trying to establish what is relevant for investors". Asian markets progressing at different ...

CBA invests in native seed merchant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... notes that native seed is a crucial input for large-scale land restoration projects, maintaining ecosystem function and diversity, providing habitat for native wildlife and boosting landscape resilience. Through native environmental plantings, native ...

FS Sustainability launches inaugural ESG Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... of ESG and sustainability," said Rachel Alembakis, managing editor of FS Sustainability. "We were blown away by the diversity of skills, experiences and backgrounds from the people who live, breathe and implement ESG from a variety of positions across ...