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QBE joins Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... Australia is the Australian partner of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the We Mean Business coalition and the Carbon Disclosure Project, and the Australian focal point for the Natural Capital Coalition.

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... building cross-party political support. During Yates' time at the CEFC, it operated on a political knife edge. When the Coalition government led by then-Prime Minister Tony Abbot was elected in 2013, the CEFC Act was targeted for repeal as part of the ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... to cross the US/Mexican border, by getting the banks that finance Core Civic and GEO Group to stop lending money. A coalition of more than 80 US-based grassroots organisations are protesting US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention through ...

Sustainable Business Australia names John Hewson chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Minister, Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Industry and Commerce, and then leader of the Liberal Party and Federal Coalition in Opposition for four years "John is a highly respected economic and business leader with a long track record on sustainability ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
A coalition of more than 80 US-based grassroots organisations are protesting US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention through a campaign targeting banks JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo for providing debt financing for two for-profit ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... international standards and guidelines from organisations such as The Consumer Goods Forum, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and the International Standards Organization (ISO). ISF piloted a draft of the refined framework with a group of Australian ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... international standards and guidelines from organisations such as The Consumer Goods Forum, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and the International Standards Organization (ISO). The framework was subsequently spotted by the Australian Packaging Covenant ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... "Indeed, Heinz's Shredz products were brought to the attention of the ACCC through a complaint made by the Obesity Policy Coalition," Hamer and Lockhart said. "The Coalition is a lobby group comprised of the Cancer Council Victoria, Diabetes Victoria ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... the Federal Court, and will make joint submissions that the appropriate penalty to be paid by Thorn is $2 million. A coalition of investors and other stakeholders have raised concerns with ASX-listed payday lenders and goods rental companies over lending ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... highlighted his fund's experience in organizing campaigns targeting social justice issues. UCA Funds Management has worked in coalition with investors and stakeholders to engage with ASX-listed payday lenders and goods rental companies over lending policies ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA  |   7:05AM
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA  |   7:06AM
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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