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Creating a values-based financial advisory firm: FPA Congress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... value-based advisory firm would be timely in the wake of the Hayne Royal Commission as well as the newly introduce FASEA Code of Ethics, but in the immediate aftermath of claims by AUSTRAC that Westpac committed 23 million breaches of the anti-money ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... friendly business practices," in the wake of a recent speech by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Dr Stuart Palmer, head of ethics research, Australian Ethical Investment In a speech earlier this month, Morrison raised the possibility of outlawing the practices ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... manager to 'investments that support the development of sustainable land use and food production," noted Amanda Richman, ethics analyst at Australian Ethical. Investments in food-related industries must form part of a healthy diet, be produced in an ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... an analysis of three dominant ESG themes in Australia - energy and climate policy, modern slavery in supply chains, and ethics in the financial sector. The report also explores how investors could potentially integrate ESG data into three equity strategies ...

Ethical Investment Week to focus on "The Sustainability Revolution"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... and now exceed $2 billion in assets under management, reflecting consumer demand for investments that align with their ethics. "We have a questionnaire that we ask people when they meet with us," Pinnell said. "Most advisers have to do a fact-find. In ...

Emerging markets bring exposure to unmanaged ESG risk: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... there were five MEIs that were especially important in emerging markets - corporate governance, human capital, business ethics, product governance and data privacy and security. The research also found that while the emerging market index had a higher ...

Retail investors would accept lower returns for ethical performance: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... for shareholders'." Young investors are more likely to care about what KPMG labeled 'trust' factors, such as environment, ethics, values, good treatment of employees, in their investment decisions, while middle-aged investors are likely to care the least. ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... lot more. What's interesting for us is that we see that translating quite neatly into a push for organisations to address ethics. It's an introspection needed by organisations about what it is that they do and who it is that they're supposed to serve. ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Champions are embracing the responsibility to train their employees with a proactive approach, while emphasising society and ethics. "What we're trying to do is find something to put a handle on leadership types, and we recognise, that would recognise ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... Threshold also outlines eight actions that organisations should be doing - develop digital literacy, expand strategy, embed ethics, maximise trustworthiness, pursue mindfulness, champion sustainable digitalization, build shared vision and drive smart ...