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Igneo sets 2023 climate targets for infrastructure companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... standards and qualification compliance, customer satisfaction surveys, risk management, cyber risk assessment and modern slavery risk assessment; and employee engagement, which focuses on employee engagement surveys and apprenticeship/CPD. "We've taken ...

ESG drivers rising up M&A strategy agenda: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... addition to climate considerations ranging from decarbonisation to contributing to transition, social issues such as modern slavery are also on the agenda in M&A activity. "Private equity is very serious about modern slavery and consider it an important ...

ASX300 action on modern slavery "lagging"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
ASX-listed companies are "lagging" on modern slavery and performance, according to a report by ISS ESG and Monash Financial Studies Centre (MCFS). MCFS has reviewed the modern slavery statements of 239 ASX300 companies and found that 41% of S&P/ASX ...

Resolution Capital nab MSCI ESG exec for analyst role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... property and power assets, testing carbon regulation scenarios on ASX200 companies' performance, and assessing modern slavery regulations and their impact on investors. "This new role expands Resolution Capital's investment team and will further support ...

2021 theme in review: human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... topics, which intersect and interact with climate change, will also be front of mind. In Australia in recent years, modern slavery and the recently passed Modern Slavery Act have to be synonymous with human rights in general. Under the Commonwealth's ...

Failing to manage ESG a severe risk to business: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... are they actually being recycled/is your packaging really sustainable/do you really support what you say in your modern slavery statements/do you really support Indigenous communities/do you really have initiatives in your company to support D&O," Mabbott ...

Companies at risk from modern slavery exposures beyond first tier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Companies managing and reporting on modern slavery risks should focus on looking beyond tier one suppliers and making sure that grievance mechanisms are available for use. UBS recently held a panel discussion with Kimberley Randal, CEO of FairSupply ...

Assessing ESG risk, opportunity through the legal lens: Corrs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... able to think about building those into your responses can only lead to best practice. We see that a lot in the modern slavery context, just taking a fairly non-controversial viewpoint, where, often businesses say they have supplier codes of conduct ...

BetaShares appoints director of responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... Investment Policy and was heavily involved in the development of the firm's first Climate Change Action Plan and Modern Slavery Statement. Prior to Suncorp, Liddell held roles at the Centre for International Financial Research (CIFR), the Investor Group ...

Alphinity highlights sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... example, health and safety metrics, you can get the information from reports. If you're thinking about a topic like modern slavery, the level of disclosure is varied between companies, it's hard to know what good disclosure even looks like." Alphinity ...