Search Results

Showing 61 - 70 of 398 results for "employees"

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Insignia Financial is set to pilot a four-day work week, a win for employees in recent Enterprise Agreement (EA) negotiations. The Finance Sector Union (FSU) and Insignia Financial have capped months of bargaining, with 68% of employees voting in favour ...

Vanguard to pay $13m in greenwashing case brought by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... marketing the fund as 'ethically conscious' took priority over the fund's composition and noting that senior employees were involved in preparing such marketing material. Vanguard accepted the judgement, saying it takes its regulatory obligations ...

Watchdog cracks down on climate reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... and received Royal Assent on 17 September 2024. Large corporation with $500 million or more in revenue and 500 or more employees will begin reporting in January 2025. Entities with over $200 million in revenue and over 250 employees will report from ...

Podcast: The Right to Disconnect and toxic corporate culture with Emma Pringle

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Australia recently gave employees the right to ignore their boss outside of ordinary work hours. The law is meant to protect the health and wellbeing of workers and reduce stress and overwork, allowing for better work-life balance in a time when the ...

UBS passive strategies flagged on human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... retirement plans of colleges and universities and health care systems, often in the default investment option that new employees are directed into. "Passive investing is not an excuse for ignoring human rights impacts. Furthermore, these human rights ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... reporting, under the Climate reporting Bill, are looming. Large entities, defined as organisations with more than 500 employees or at least $500 million in consolidated revenue, and superannuation funds with more than $5 billion in assets, could face ...

Funds SA, Mercer Super make key appointments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... governor to its board, while Mercer Super has a new chair. Guy Debelle has joined the fund for South Australian government employees, bringing a tremendous depth of experience in financial and economic policy to the Funds SA board, having spent 25 years ...

Investors exit climate group amid politicisation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has lost two more asset managers; Allspring and AllianceBernstein decided to leave in May. The high-profile withdrawals have been pinned to heavy politicisation of ESG. This follows the departure of J.P. Morgan, Invesco ...

Fintech group nabs ESG lead

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... to work within. I'm looking forward to supporting organisations to focus on 'what matters most' to their employees, customers, industries, suppliers, communities and investors, with a sustainable lens." Automic ESG Principal, Steve Morgan ...

Global investors unite for Climate Action 100+

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... year. The initiative received the endorsement from 44 asset owners across the globe, including the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), Nippon Life Insurance Company, the Church ...