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Are companies drowning in a sea of ESG requests?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... in setting systems and processes in place that won't distract from achieving the best ESG outcomes. At the RIAA Conference held in Melbourne last week, panellists discussed how better collaboration and deeper engagement by investors can help improve ...

Investing in First Nations People

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
At the First Nations investment markets panel at the RIAA Conference last week, investor confidence and trust were at the centre of the discussion. The session formed part of RIAA's First Nations Peoples Working Group is working to advance people's ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... "anti-woke" movement in the US. The past 12 months have seen pushback against ESG, particularly in the US. At the RIAA conference held in Melbourne this week, investment and political science experts discussed whether this could occur here in Australia ...

No pause button on greenwashing action: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... financial institutions in Australia. "Greenwashing is a corrosive agent to carbon abatement," Chester said at the RIAA Conference in Melbourne on Wednesday. FS Sustainability is the official media partner to the event. According to Bloomberg, ESG assets ...

Is divestment the last resort for modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... urging investors to stay engaged. Speaking at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) RI Australia 23 conference in Melbourne, Tomoya Obokata, special rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery at the United Nations noted that modern ...

Government advisors call for investment in circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... transition to a sustainable, low carbon economy. At the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' annual conference in Sydney, advisory members of the Circular Economy Ministerial Advisory Group on the for the Department of Climate Change ...

Just transition: a fair go for fossil-fuel workers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... the economic prosperity of the regional communities that depend on them? In a recent panel session at ACSI's ESG Conference this week, the future of regional jobs was put in the spotlight, with panellists advocating for the establishment of a just ...

Podcast: What's happening at RI Australia 2023 - Estelle Parker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) is gearing up to hold its annual conference in Melbourne May 10-11. FS Sustainability is proud to be an official media partner to the event, and we're joined by RIAA's Executive Manager, Programs ...

Stewardship and greenwashing in spotlight at RI Australia 2023

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... investment sector will be key themes in the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) RI Australia 2023 conference. RI Australia 2023 will be in Melbourne May 10-11. FS Sustainability is proud to be an official media partner to the event. ...

Noted Aboriginal academic calls on business to back Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... between October and December 2023. In a discussion held at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference on Wednesday, professor Marcia Lynne Langton outlined the disadvantages and prejudices that First Nations Peoples' face ...