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Trump presidency pushes Aussies to ethical super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... avoid investments that contribute to animal cruelty and 54% want to avoid animal testing for non-medical purposes. Labour rights abuses are also top of mind for Australians, as is avoiding investments that would support armed conflict. Finally, 65% said ...

Google's DEI dump may tank ESG score

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... include anticompetitive practices, privacy and data security, product safety and quality, human rights concerns, and labour rights and supply chain controversies. Some of Australia's largest superannuation funds hold investments in Alphabet Inc. ...

ASX100 slavery disclosure strong

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... Research on Australian companies' actions are now laid bare, with Monash University finding disclosure practices on labour rights abuses improved significantly since they were made mandatory in 2020 under The Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act 2018. ...

Ausbil steps up slavery crackdown

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... +1.0% PA for the same period. Carlsson has taken multiple international field trips to research slavery and other labour rights abuses, including to Hong Kong, China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Thailand. "A key focus for Ausbil is drawing attention to ...

Members beef up ESG checks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... (52%) say they don't want their money funding armed conflict, and 48% want to avoid negative social impacts like labour rights abuse (up from 40% in 2022). Animal cruelty is rising in the minds of investors, with 66% now saying they want to avoid it ...

Carbon credit review falls short on CO2 capture and slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... slavery risk not included FS Sustainability understands the review will fall short of discussing modern slavery and labour rights risks as it did not come up in consultation. It was recently revealed that leading carbon trading platform South Pole sold ...

Weighing ESG risks of nickel as a critical mineral: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... and due diligence. "You want to check the policies of the company towards Indigenous rights, wider human rights, labour rights," he said. "You would want to see evidence of policies that they respect, enforce, audit and apply from their own operations ...

Casting a wide net: ending modern slavery in fisheries

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... very fine line between what is modern slavery legally and technically defined on the one hand, and human rights or labour rights issues." He said workers on or below a living wage, while not technically defined as modern slavery, are particularly vulnerable ...

Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... achieved outcomes when it comes to human rights. However, Turner said, "safety is such a low bar to be aiming for." "Labour rights is so much broader," she said. "In the last 10 years, we've had the pandemic and it's had a huge impact on the ...

Modern slavery, just transition, tax key themes: Robeco

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... milestone while opening new themes." This year, themes to be closed off include climate transition of financials, labour rights in a post-COVID world, human rights due diligence for conflict affected and high risks areas, cyber security, and corporate ...
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