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Serving up meat's sustainability risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... COVID-19 pandemic. Health and safety in slaughterhouses and meat processing plants was already a concern, with the coronavirus adding new, dangerous elements. "Last year has really turned the COVID-19 crisis into very intense conversations with other ...

Social premium on the rise: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... companies' performance and their investment return has found that the financial qualities that mattered during the coronavirus-induced market crash in March of 2020 were strong balance sheets and operational efficiency. Social factors also proved important ...

Fashion industry shows action, gaps in ethical sourcing: Baptist World Aid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... for change as companies were forced to amend their processes as countries locked down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. "The second a country goes into lockdown, you can't access in-country auditing firms to have those audits take place," Mayo ...

Strong inflows to sustainable option: Stockspot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... clients," said Sarah King, head of advice and client care at Stockspot. "The impact of the January bushfires and the coronavirus has accelerated the momentum of investors allocating their money in a way that aligns with their values and ethics. "There ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... operating on reporting periods that end on or before 30 June 2020. In making the announcement, Wood said that the coronavirus pandemic is "causing significant and unprecedented disruption for Australian businesses and global supply chains." This disruption ...

UK pension fund to divest half its portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... low-carbon transition, it said, commencing an allocation to renewable energy in private equity infrastructure. "Just like coronavirus, climate change poses serious risks to both our savers and their investments. It has the potential to cause catastrophic ...

Sefa to increase financing to social enterprises and build resilience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... increase the number of social enterprises it can finance as a result of participating in the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer of SEFA Sefa is one of 44 lenders ...

Sefa selected as lender to government Coronavirus guarantee scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... investor Social Enterprise Finance Australia (Sefa) has been selected as a lender as part of the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer of SEFA Sefa is one of 44 lenders ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... moment that the US has its regulatory push, the ESG flows will be extremely strong." Amundi also believes that the coronavirus may act as a catalyst for the ESG landscape, with four elements that may play out in the near future: an increasing focus on ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... supranational, sovereign and agency (SSA) organisations have been the first entities to issue COVID-19 bonds since the coronavirus pandemic began - on 20 March 2020, the IFC issued US$1 billion of notes with a three year maturity designated as social ...
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