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Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... customers, supplies and other stakeholders. Lazard Asset Management noted in a paper, What COVID-19 Means for Corporate Strategy that "depth and breadth of response suggests to us that companies are beginning to understand the importance of wider stakeholder ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Global Advisors has launched a climate-aware fund of international equities. Nathalie Wallace, global head ESG investment strategy. State Street Global Advisors The State Street Climate ESG International Equity Fund "seeks to achieve capital growth and ...

Accounting bodies develop guidelines for disclosing to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Carol Adams, Russell Picot and Paul Druckman, the recommendations are grouped into four themes - management approach, strategy, governance and performance and targets. The aim is to encourage organisations to change their approach to strategy and their ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... immediate short term recovery in health and employment, as well as the prioritising the European Green Deal as the recovery strategy, with reference to circular economy, renewable energy, cleaner transport, increased digitisation and other measures. ...

Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... to capture market opportunity. Ama Seery, ESG analyst, Janus Henderson. The Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity Strategy invests in companies whose products and services are "considered by the investment manager as contributing to positive environmental ...

Climate action by regulators deferred, not denied: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... report noted that corporates may face increasing investor pressure to make a 'Paris Agreement-aligned' business strategy a central pillar of their corporate rebuilding and recovery plans, with a measurable pathway to net zero emissions. The report ...

Pivot to virtual AGMs, communication offer opportunities: Redback Connect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Email is the primary communication channel for investor relations, but a push to virtual events as a result of COVID-19 offers new opportunities and benefits for companies to engage with shareholders, according to Redback Connect. Jeff Downs, CEO and ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
More than 40 percent of ASX100 listed companies in the mining, construction, and commercial cleaning sectors have made no material disclosure about their labour hire and/or contracting workforce in annual reporting documents, according to research from ...

BIG W joins Action Collaboration Transformation on Living Wages

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... stakeholders have told The Sustainability Report that maintaining relationships with suppliers is a key risk mitigation strategy during COVID-19, particularly in the garment industry. They have advocated that companies strive to retain those relationships ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... assets are UNPRI members, without identifying who the borrowers who are or why they're incorporating this into their strategy. "[We have some examples of] both lenders and borrowers integrating ESG.... and that will continue," Realmuto LaPerla said. ...