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Regnan reports results of 2015/2016 engagements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... acknowledgement of the potential impact on financial stability of inaction on climate change and failure to address growing inequality. This has been coupled with increased activism directed at the providers of capital from NGOs and consumers. The 42 ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... to discuss these issues. The SDGs align heavily with that - business's impact on addressing issues like poverty and inequality." However, it is still early days and not all companies have turned their attention to the SDGs, said Matthew Bell, Oceania ...

Social license to operate key to achieving sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... organising thinking about putting into a framework what is going on already. For example, one of the goals is reducing inequality in and amongst companies - a lot of the projects I've worked on that need a social license, they need it because the local ...

GRI links connections between G4, UN Guiding Principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... GRI. Risks from climate change include issues beyond carbon and energy, such as population migration, human rights, inequality, corruption, and many others. It is important we consider them holistically and understand the connection between these critical ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Management (CFSGAM), noted that there are a host of challenges - demographics, environment, resource scarcity, income inequality - identified as risks to institutional investors, and solutions are needed to create "the safe and just space for humanity" ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... economic perspective and assessing how themes such as changing regulatory requirements, extreme weather events, income inequality create investment risk and opportunity and how can investors capture that growth opportunity." At a global level, investors ...

National Sustainability Council issues macro-theme report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... National Sustainability Council has called its first public report a conversation-starter about macro-themes including inequality, education, climate change, sustainable growth through innovation and other factors impacting on Australia's future. The ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... diversity and inclusion strategy and undertook an external remuneration benchmarking exercise to confirm there is no pay inequality between men and women. The CR&S working group reports to the board's executive committee and service committee, and covers ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... of living falling and they now have a lower standard of living than their parents did. Increased income and wealth inequality and history suggest that that can - not will - provoke social unrest. It's kind of topical given the Arab spring where you see ...
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