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Cultural factors influence ESG approaches: Morgan Stanley Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... from the rest of the world later. "The current focus on modern slavery - we see that as an extension of a general focus on labour within the business context." When speaking with Australian investors about fossil fuels, there are questions about global ...

ESG "the most important thematic for the next 30 years"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... Hamson noted that many of the so-called red flags are ESG indicators, such as high environmental liabilities, wage theft or labour disputes, and governance indicators such as a lack of an independent chair or board or resignations of key personnel. "If ...

Extreme weather, human rights intensifying ESG focus: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... allegations that in China's Xinjiang province, people from the minority Uighur community are being used for forced labour in the manufacture of cotton textiles. In response to these allegations, global brands such as Nike have announced that they ...

Oxfam Australia calls for stronger climate action amid GDP risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... target of containing global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius. "We're advocating that governments work closely with labour rights movements, affected workers, their communities as well as working with women to identify diversified economic activities ...

Post-COVID economic recovery "once in a generation opportunity"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... recovery should not focus on returning to where the country was 12 months ago. "Before COVID-19 our economy was stagnant, our labour force was casualising in the gig economy and inflation was stubbornly stalled below the Reserve Bank's target range," ...

Brokers recognised for excellence in ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... CEO and chair of ESG Research Australia. "The uptick in research focused on issues surrounding modern slavery, human and labour rights, and First Nations peoples' rights mirrors prominent events that have taken place over the last 12 months like the ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... officer, Rest. The equities portion of the option feature positive and negative screens. It screens out companies involved in labour and human rights abuses, unethical supply chains, fossil fuels, animal cruelty, gender discrimination, tobacco, gambling ...

Diversity, human rights, climate change lead agenda: ASI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... and that's something that we as a house are focused on as well." ASI has also established a global working group on labour and human rights that takes a multi-asset class, multi-regional approach. "Because modern slavery in supply chains is a global ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... relevance and concern." Ausbil identified modern slavery, and the way in which COVID-19 materially increased the risk of labour exploitation and how workers across global supply chains became increasingly vulnerable as one area of engagement both directly ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... are more than 25 ESG principles available on State Street's ESG analytics platform, such as water and waste management, labour practices, employee diversity and inclusion, business model resilience, and business ethics, among other indicators. "We designed ...