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Responsible investments top $1.54 trillion in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... RIAA executive manager, programs Estelle Parker. "That comes across in the work we do at RIAA too. So much of the working group activity is focused on the corporate engagement piece. Members are really keen to learn how to do corporate engagement better. ...

Cbus names new head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... Finance Institute (ASFI) Taxonomy Steering Committee, chairs the ACSI Rights and Cultural Heritage Risk Management working group and is a member of the AICD's 30% Club Investor working group. Nicole Bradford was Cbus' previous head of responsible ...

RBA warns of climate-related liability risk for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... climate risk is important in managing liability risk." Kearns said that Council of Financial Regulators Climate Working Group have identified three priority areas for the participants - APRA, ASIC, the RBA and Treasury - to focus on - the Climate Vulnerability ...

Ausbil charts ESG activities and portfolio engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Decarbonisation, modern slavery, Indigenous rights and the impact of operational health and safety were key ESG issues in 2021 for Ausbil Investment Management. Ausbil released its 2021 ESG report, delving into material ESG issues that impacted the ...

State of the Environment report a wake up call for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... finance sector is scaling up their response, said RIAA executive manager of programs Estelle Parker. "Our Nature Working Group, and in particular the focus on natural related financial disclosures shows that the finance director is responding and that ...

RIAA tapped to run TNFD consultation group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... input and uptake of the TNFD. The work will leverage the existing work RIAA is leading including through its Nature Working Group, and partnerships with the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. "We're already working on TNFD ...

Australian Shareholders' Association issues net zero policy for companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... policy," noted ASA CEO Rachel Waterhouse. "It has been driven by our members - they proposed this to us, we had a working group to develop it, and its' great to see. "We've always had elements of ESG in our guidelines as such in the context of ...

Conscious Investment Management adopts Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... communities to affect positive and meaningful change." Its implementation and governance will be overseen by a RAP Working Group championed by chief investment officer Matthew Tominc, with the aim to establish Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation. ...

Board of the future to face more ESG issues: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Boards of the future will have to be agile, will most likely serve shorter tenures and will have to manage critical ESG issues, according to a report from the Governance Institute of Australia. The Governance Institute has released the Future of the ...

Investor toolkit to assist in engaging on Indigenous cultural heritage protection

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Nations Heritage Protection Alliance and National Native Title Council. It is an initiative of RIAA's Human Rights Working Group. The Investor Toolkit: An Investor Focus on Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Cultural Heritage Protection is designed to support ...