Corporate Strategy

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Core Civic and GEO Group, two companies at the heart of an organised grassroots campaign against US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention, have been flagged for controversies under MSCI 's ESG ratings system.

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Nearly half of China's coal power stations are making losses, and their owners could save "nearly US$390 billion by closing plants in line with the Paris Climate Agreement," according to an innovative new study by Carbon Tracker,

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
New Forests has joined the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD).

A4S to address sustainability, disclosure at World Congress of Accountants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
The Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S) initiative will press the case for greater engagement around sustainability and the impact of environmental, social and economic issues on financial outcomes at the 20th World Congress of Accountants (WCOA).

ASIC report finds 17% of ASX300 identify climate as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued its first report on climate risk disclosures by ASX300 companies. While the statistics discussed in the report are familiar to those who have read similar reports by investment bodies ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution calling on Qantas to stop deportations and removals to danger of asylum seekers and refugees.

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand's real estate sector has outperformed other regions in environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance for the eighth year in a row, according to the 2018 GRESB benchmark.

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Disclosure of executive remuneration in Australian companies lags other, more developed, markets, according to AXA Investment Managers.

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
A coalition of more than 80 US-based grassroots organisations are protesting US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention through a campaign targeting banks JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo for providing debt financing for two for-profit ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative and the United Nations Global Compact have released a practical guide to assist companies in better measure and report on their impacts on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).