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FS Sustainability launches ESG Power50 nominations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... shaping the agenda and implementing the strategy on a wide variety of material environmental, social and corporate governance issues. "The inaugural ESG Power50 list recognised progressive performance across a deep range of ESG and sustainability," FS ...

Two-thirds of boards lack ESG understanding: PwC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... multinational professional services firm PwC surveyed the views of public directors in the US on a variety of corporate governance issues over the past 15 years. This year 619 directors across over a dozen industries participated in the study, 72% of ...

KPMG and Microsoft pair to upskill ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... educational platform to upskill the global workforce to meet demand for better environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). The ESG Academy will be available for Australian business leaders and their teams and compliments KPMG Australia's ESG ...

Appointment round-up: TelstraSuper, CSIRO, FRRR

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... - investment stewardship at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). She has deep experience in corporate governance, having worked as group sustainability manager at Westpac and ANZ, stationarity strategy adviser at Australia Post and as an ...

TelstraSuper augments sustainable investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... - investment stewardship at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). She has deep experience in corporate governance, having worked as group sustainability manager at Westpac and ANZ, stationarity strategy adviser at Australia Post and as an ...

Investors call for leadership diversity at ASX300 listed companies

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... leadership is not only fairer but also smart business - leading to better performance, better profits, and better corporate governance - and this creates long-term value for shareholders." 40:40 Vision is an initiative led by investors with more than ...

How investors manage risk in a new AI world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... Research from the University of Technology Sydney's Human Technology Institute finds an absence of AI-focused corporate governance strategies, hindering prudent decision-making and accountability. In fact, only 10% of corporate leaders reported having ...

Ethical investments recover performance: Chant West

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... production, weapons and armaments, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, deforestation, human rights violations and unethical corporate governance. It targets investments that have a measurable contribution to the UN sustainable development goals, and has a net ...

S&P Global drops ESG letter ratings from credit reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... their fund managers to invest "without considering the ideological agenda of the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) agenda."

Voting on climate crucial during AGM season: Amundi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... sees ESG emerging as a clear theme for shareholder proposals. A study from the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance found that the 2023 AGM season has so far been record-breaking for ESG (environmental, social, and governance) shareholder ...