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AI and ESG: risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Jessica Cairns, head of ESG and sustainability at Alphinity. "There is an opportunity to use AI tools for ESG analysis and risk management - to better analyse ESG data, provide insights and correlations across a wide range of datasets, and provide predictive ...

Outgoing APRA deputy governor calls for greater board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... cyber threats, digital disruption to business models, a challenging path through climate transition, and rising geopolitical risk." Speaking at an event, Rowell noted that APRA has a role to play to make sure the industry is positioned to meet the challenges ...

It pays to go green: top ETF megatrends for long-term growth

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... has been harder to find in recent times, this has led to growth in mergers and acquisitions related to the material as the risk of new mines means that companies are expanding through M&A rather than opening new mines. However, Global X anticipates that ...

RIAA launches armed conflict toolkit for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... world. When a state of international armed conflict is declared, international humanitarian law comes into force, noted The risk of companies being involved in grave human rights abuses, as well as violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) ...

Assessing the risks of psychosocial safety

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... lost productivity. Research shows that finance industry and corporate environments, alongside healthcare, pose the highest risk for psychosocial safety. At the RIAA Conference in Melbourne last week, Rod Gutierrez, vice president of health and hygiene ...

Could the anti-woke movement take hold in Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... warning to Australian companies and government to ensure that workers are not left behind in a just transition to net zero - or risk the kind of political polarisation and populism that has given rise to the "anti-woke" movement in the US. The past 12 ...

No room for complacency for Australia as a renewable energy superpower

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... with the global net zero transition and its implications for Australia." EY recommends enabling action by government to de-risk aspects of all three opportunities. "We need to get the renewable energy story right," Hatfield-Dodds said. "Nonetheless ...

Is divestment the last resort for modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... there is no doubt that this country is also affected by modern slavery one way or the other," Obokata said. "The sectors at risk of labour exploitation include agriculture, food processing construction, cleaning, hospitality and food service." Obokata ...

Companies urged to act on greenwashing ahead of new ISSB framework

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... Standards Board (ISSB) standards that will be released in June. Nicole Mohan, national sustainability lead and principal, risk advisory and ESG services of professional services firm RSM Australia, says the absence of a mandatory global sustainability ...

Labor's five step plan for biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... "Australia has less than 1% of world population, but 8% of its species," Plibersek said. Some of those species that are at risk, Sharpe added, is a group of invertebrates on which the natural world - and humanity - depend. The world has lost 5% to 10% ...