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CEFC invests $80m in Pacific Equity Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... charging spaces in hospital and airport carparks." Further, PEP plans to work with investee companies to address scope 3 supply chain emissions, in line with scenario modelling for a 1.50C world by 2050. "Pacific Equity Partners is delighted to welcome ...

Investors welcome New National Net Zero Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... from the past to the clean energy and critical minerals and value adding opportunities of the future. "The global supply chain diversity is a critical focus and Australia needs to both protect our own energy security, but also provide an alternative ...

First Sentier Investors to focus on armed conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
First Sentier Investors has augmented its approach to human rights risks and exposures to include armed conflict. First Sentier has had a general human rights toolkit since 2016 and in 2020 added a framework for identifying Modern Slavery Risks. The ...

New collaboration to create TCFD for social risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... growing awareness of the need for social reporting frameworks to catch up. "The importance of human rights in the supply chain and the just transition implications of decarbonisation are shining a spotlight on the social dimensions of corporate performance ...

American Century Investments on impact investing and best in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023  |  NEWS
Head of ESG and sustainable investing at American Century Investments, Sarah Bratton Hughes, says the market is moving away from best in class, and towards best in progress, at a time when emissions are at an all-time high. The US-based ESG leader says ...

Weighing ESG risks of nickel as a critical mineral: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... to see evidence of policies that they respect, enforce, audit and apply from their own operations and on down the supply chain. "It's a daisy chain. It's not good enough for a company to say we have this policy. It's important that you enforce these ...

Podcast: Fighting modern slavery - NSW Anti-Slavery Commissioner James Cockayne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... galvanised a global conversation on companies' responsibility to eliminate modern slavery in their operations and in their supply chain.

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... Legislation coming into force In response to this issue, there as been a gradual trend in anti-slavery legislation towards supply chain reporting, with the US strengthening powers to exclude companies from federal contracts if they fail to report on ...

UN Global Compact Network Australia hires executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023  |  NEWS
The UN Global Compact Network Australia (UNGCNA) has hired a new executive director, recruiting from the Victorian government. Kate Dundas will take up the role of executive director, joining UNGCNA from Sustainability Victoria, where she was acting ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... limited to one country, but a global problem, and a risk facing many Australian companies through their extended supply chain. Baptist World Aid has released its 2022 Ethical Fashion Report, examining the human rights policies and practices of 120 companies ...