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Modern Slavery Act needs strengthening: Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... impacting on an issue that is getting worse globally. A panel of experts reviewed the issue of modern slavery and broader human rights considerations at the recent Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference. FS Sustainability was ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... opportunity to "build back better" and create a more sustainable and resilient economy that places climate action, human rights and anti-bribery and corruption at the centre of its plans. UNGCNA welcomed the Reef 2050 Plan and the additional $1 billion ...

80% of Aussies expect ethical investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... investment providers offer such products. Nearly two thirds of Australians also want to avoid investments that violate human rights, while only 39% of responsible investment providers deliver products that meet this criterion.

Super funds failing on animal protection

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
... topped the list of issues of concern which investors don't want their super to be supporting, followed closely by human rights abuses, he said. Worse still, the survey revealed that most Australians do not know which industries their super is being invested ...

Sunsuper ESG expert in new global role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... Collier as portfolio analyst, while Nina Haysler has also joined the team as an analyst, looking specifically at human rights. Collier was previously in investor relations at Macquarie Group while Haysler joined from sustainability services firm Point ...

RIAA, HESTA back key First Nations project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... Ngilan Business and Investor Initiative, which will also work to embed standards for the private sector to uphold the human rights of First Peoples. The initiative is part of a continuing response from investors and business in the wake of the destruction ...

Verve Super taps investors for $2.6m raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... investors. Verve said the raise attracted female investors including philanthropist and AI Media chair Deanne Weir, human rights lawyer Dalit Kaplan, Without Fear or Favour founder Pam O'Connor and TWOOBS founders Jess and Stef Dadon. Who Gives a Crap ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... executive of AMP Capital in Australia. Kate Jenkins, Australian sex discrimination commissioner for the Australian Human Rights Commission, said Szlakowski's story highlights several of the systematic failures to properly address sexual harassment that ...

Alphinity launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... and former managing director at Citi Research in Sydney, and lawyer Melissa Stewart, a Canadian modern slavery and human rights expert." The committee will be supported by Alphinity ESG and sustainability manager Jessica Cairns. "Only those companies ...

Modern slavery obligations fall by the wayside: ACSI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... the lack of quality in the reporting could be partly due to a low level of understanding of how businesses fit in human rights frameworks. "Many ASX200 companies appear poorly prepared to respond to modern slavery incidents that may be identified in ...