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IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... have a strong low carbon approach, and a further 23 that also focus in sustainable solutions. Talieh Williams, manager governance, sustainable investments at UniSuper noted that the superannuation fund tended to be underweight the benchmark in its exposures ...

Governance experts discuss issues in AGM season

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... clear themes of engagement for investors in the annual general meeting (AGM) season. Ed John, ACSI executive manager, governance, engagement and policy The Sustainability Report spoke with governance specialists as they hit the crunch point in preparing ...

Woolworths facing shareholder resolution asking for human rights supply chain disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... "The more I talk to institutional investors, they're looking at listed companies, there is greater recognition that governance issues such as sustainability and ethics have correlation to performance, whether it's direct causation or not, there's strong ...

Considering the first 20 years of the Global Reporting Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... anniversary. In that time, it has become the most widely used framework for the reporting of environmental, social and governance metrics for organisations around the world, used in more than 100 countries by thousands of organisations. "Clearly it's ...

Australia/NZ continue to top the ranks in GRESB 2017 real estate review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... performance to stakeholders, said Ruben Langbroek, head of Asia Pacific at GRESB. "There is a strong focus on social and governance aspects; 97% have a policy on diversity and equal opportunities, 94% include sustainability-specific requirements in their ...

Globally, few companies can effectively demonstrate climate risk disclosure: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... picture of how climate risks are managed and mitigated, companies should be disclosing information in four areas - governance and board oversight of climate risk, establishing and disclosing long-term GHG goals, disclosing the average and range of carbon ...

Sustainalytics CEO discusses impact of Morningstar ownership stake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... investment research, has acquired a 40% stake in Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research and ratings. Michael Jantzi, CEO, Sustainalytics Morningstar and Sustainalytics have had a strategic partnership ...

Cyber security a rapidly evolving material risk for companies: Citi Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Research, the analysts investigated the issue of cyber security and data protection broadly and with an eye to operational governance. "I think that we were seeing that a number of companies are having external assessments of risk, and we're seeing penetration ...

Ethical investment a power tool for member engagement: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... negative screening, impact investing, sustainability themed funds and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. The 2017 report examines trends from the previous calendar year and finds that investment in 'core' responsible ...

WA ranks 8th globally in National Resource Governance Institute assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Australia's iron ore mining sector scores 71 of 100 points and ranks eighth of 89 governing jurisdictions assessed for governance of their oil, gas and mining sectors in the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI), conducted by the National Resource Governance ...