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Diversity Council Australia urges employer action in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... and inclusion policies and strategies. Annese highlighted the need increased focus on flexible working as one area of engagement that can influence other patterns that lead to increased diversity and a particular source of concentration for DCA in 2015. ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... stakeholders, externally, with governments, regulators and, with the companies in which they are invested. "We think engagement is a fundamental part of the ESG risk toolkit" Hartnett said. "... Our role as a long term provider of capital is influential ...

Asia investments in sustainable strategies hit US$44.9B: ASrIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Norms-based screening 4. Integration of ESG factors 5. Sustainability themed investing 6. Impact investing 7. Corporate engagement and shareholder action," according to the report. The ASrIA report found that ESG integration is "the most commonly adopted ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... managing those risks, he said. However, AMP Capital is able to elicit more information on those strategies in face to face engagement, Carlsson-Sweeny added. "Ultimately what I want to see is that companies are planning ahead," he said. "It's hard to ...

ASX50 companies not making strategic case for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Whitaker noted that these changes did not factor into the reporting of ASX50 companies in 2013, and said that ongoing engagement with companies would focus on defining risk and materiality. "There is some significant work to be done around what is sustainability ...

Paula Benson appointed NAB GM corporate affairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... was responsible for government, community and stakeholder relations, external and internal communications, community engagement, community partnerships, corporate events, brand and reputation management. She also previously worked as a director of the ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... compound the effect of institutional ownership right by speaking with a common voice, while spreading the costs of engagement and research amongst participants. The 32 Australian superannuation funds that participate in ACSI, along with international ...

Sustainalytics considering expansion into Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... market. It's a robust market, and we really appreciate the clients we have here, we really appreciate the level of engagement, and ultimately, for our people, it's empowering and exciting to be engaging with clients in these issues as we stare down the ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... them in landfill, it's worth nothing." Edwards sees the next two to three years as being a phase of "encouragement and engagement" with suppliers to have the discussion about supply chain sustainability and educate suppliers as to what the company will ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... injuries, divided by hours worked and multipled by a million. In 2013, the same TRI was 38.7. See Also: Wesfarmers engagement leads to phosphate sourcing change