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Identifying female leadership as driver of value: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Engaging with companies to enhance gender and other forms of diversity includes discussing not only hiring practices, but promotion, retention and how performance reviews are conducted, according to Vontobel Asset Management. Sudhir Roc-Sennett, Vontobel's ...

Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... barrier in November 2020 and currently sits at 33.1% female representation. While boards are broadly edging toward the 40% gender-balance target, ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said more work needs to be done. "More board diversity improves governance ...

American Century outlines 2022 sustainability priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... compensate employees, to gauge the health of corporate culture, and establish the demographics of workplace turnover by gender and ethnicity as well as understand how companies are addressing flexibility, mental and physical health and burnout, Hughes ...

Magnis appoints Global Impact Initiative founder to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... participant of the United Nations Global Compact," according to the UN Global Compact. GII recently launched the Global Gender Equality Fund is the world's first, actively managed, impact investment fund focused on women and girls. Magnis has also ...

Demand for sustainability specialists drives salaries upward: Talent Nation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... experience, but you've worked on net zero strategies and climate risk, you're in demand." The 2022 data showed a disparity in the gender gap, which found that women on average were paid 8% less fixed remuneration than male counterparts across the sample ...

Pushing ahead on gender parity in investment: Future IM/Pact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... those funds presents an opportunity for the superannuation fund industry to collectively break down structural barriers to gender parity in the industry. Yolanda Beattie, founder of the Future IM/Pact initiative, which is aimed at increasing the diversity ...

2021 theme in review: human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... environmental conversation not only adds nuance, it adds a critical part to the risk analysis." Another aspect of human rights - gender equity - will also feature in investor issues. Janus Henderson sustainability analyst Amarachi Seery made a powerful ...

SGX mandates TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... biggest impact." Also effective January 2022, SGX-listed entities will have to set a board diversity policy that addresses "gender, skill and experience, and other relevant aspects of diversity," according to SGX. Issuers must also describe the board ...

Michelle Baltazar awarded CEW leadership scholarship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Kerridge family and CEW for championing women leadership in media, noting the initiative will "go a long way in addressing gender equity and diversity in my profession." "I would also like to thank my mentors and share this recognition with my colleagues ...

GII launch gender equality impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... an actively managed equity impact investment fund focused on women and girls, available to retail investors. The Global Gender Equality Fund is the world's first, actively managed, impact investment fund focused on women and girls. "We've been ...