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Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... "commercially smart" for businesses to act on disability inclusion, and for investors to "play their role in influencing business to care about this topic and put it in front and centre," Katie Wyatt, head of culture and inclusion at Coles Group said. ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... investment into ESG products," he said. "To equate compliance with loss of profit is effectively to say that the best business is a dishonest one," Longo commented. "It is in everyone's best interest to be compliant. When you say it plainly, a compliant ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... companies on blast, voting against their remuneration packages on grounds of underperformance or cultural issues within the business that haven't been addressed. "That's where we've used our stewardship of our members' money to really ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Consent (FPIC), bolster trust, and economic empowerment, she said. In response, the Dhawura Ngilan ("Remembering Country") Business and Investor Initiative (DNBII) reaches out to investors to do better. RIAA has come together with the First Nations Heritage ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... international leading best practice including the UN Principles for Responsible Investing (UN PRI) and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. RIAA co-CEO Estelle Parker commented: "Our research shows that stewardship is now the most used ...

Podcast: Advancing First Nations outcomes with Phil Usher

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... empowering Community to deconstruct and unpack their relationship with money. Cultural competency is vital for finance and business to better engage with First Nations Peoples. The foundation is also equipping professionals with the cultural tools they ...

ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... of growth which allows us to perform in a variety of market regimes," she said. ClearBridge Investments head of APAC business development Matt Bushby said the launch of the fund marks the next stage of growth strategy for Australian investors, flagging ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... ensuring its recently introduced climate reporting Bill is fit purpose. I'm certain they don't want to send smaller business into unnecessary financial hardship as a result of these planned new reporting requirements." Meantime, Australian Securities ...

Investors back climate disclosure mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... million retail shareholders, more than 900 companies, and over 80,000 directors, senior executives, accountants and other business professionals. The bills are currently before parliament. This comes as Queensland recently legislated emissions targets ...

MLC Life sustainability manager joins impact firm

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... scale of socio-economic change and disruption for society and the natural world will require unprecedented ingenuity and business resilience. Positive change requires courage and humility, which IAP will bring to this space." Managing Director Andrew ...