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Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... information will help that," Black said. "They use it for performance improvement. Another goal for them is internal communication about the value of sustainability or shared value or corporate responsibility initiatives - there has to be making a case ...

RobecoSAM hires ACCSR for engagement over assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... risks, highlight key performance indicators for strategic projects and can be used for shareholder and stakeholder communication, ACCSR noted. ACCSR Will host a free, interactive webinar on the benefits of the CSA on Wednesday, 24 February and interested ...

Fund members concerned about climate change risk: CFGAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... members are seeking more choice and information from their funds. This resonates with CFSGAM in terms of their own communication with clients, such as through their annual responsible investment report. "For us, there is a communication angle regarding ...

Mercer hires Yolanda Beattie as practice leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Mercer has hired Yolanda Beattie as diversity and inclusion practice leader. Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader, Mercer Beattie comes to Mercer from the Australian government's Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), where she ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The maturation and evolution of what sustainability means in a corporate environment will see organisations continue to embed sustainability with corporate strategy in Australia. Sustainability experts tell The Sustainability Report that environmental ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... If you kill them, you've taken away their right to life. Then they go, right, now I get it. So I think there's a communication issue, a translating the concepts of human rights into something which people, investors and/or companies understand and the ...

Governance Institute appoint Simon Pordage president

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... involve encouraging all organisations to 'join the dots' on their culture, risk management, strategy-setting and communication frameworks and to cascade them effectively, so that everyone in the organisation - not just the board and executives - understands ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Richard Brandweiner is the chief investment officer of First State Super, an AU$53 billion industry superannuation fund. In 2011, First State Super merged with Health Super to create one of Australia's largest public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
When industry superannuation fund HESTA announced that it had divested from its holdings in Transfield Services, it cited social governance concerns that, in their view, represented an unacceptable risk to members' future retirement savings for the ...

Governance Institute appoints Steven Burrell as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
The Governance Institute of Australia has hired Steven Burrell as its new chief executive officer. Burrell is the former general manager of communications and public affairs at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), and will begin in ...