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LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... and non-ESG indices and measure the relative ESG exposure by sector and key ESG risks including water, carbon, health and safety, and supply chain. "We are delighted to be working with LGS to provide them with the tools they need to assess ESG and carbon ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... the companies' codes of conduct regarding issues like child labour, freedom of association and occupational health and safety, the training provided to company managers and suppliers on the code, the companies' commitment to the code, companies' reporting ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... catastrophe there with social risks, but how to build that into the systematic process is difficult." Occupational health and safety does tend to be one area that has been recognized as a proxy metric for good governance, and by extension, the possibility ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... have LHR policies. The one area in which ASX200 companies approached their global peer group is in the area of health and safety - 35% of ASX200 companies have OHS policies, compared to 40% of global peers. "One reason more ASX 200 firms perform better ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... carbon footprint and will develop a corporate environmental audit program, according to the report. In terms of health and safety, the company reported a 7.2 lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR), a 10% reduction on 2010. However, the company had set ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... of engagement, ACSI also raised questions about sustainability, board diversity, investment performance and health and safety, among others. Byrne noted that in engaging with companies about their remuneration reports, ACSI will often raise the issue ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... conservative definition. During the year Rural Services operations moved from paper-based to online occupational health and safety reporting systems. The change will improve reporting and consultation in relation to occupational health and safety throughout ...

Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... dividing by the total hours worked in the accounting period. "A number of initiatives focusing on improving our health and safety systems and performance contributed to our improved LTIFR, including the implementation of the 2010-12 Occupational Health ...

Stockland increases green star ratings, reduces water use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... of days lost down by 20% cent from 87 in 2010 to 70 in 2011. The company "[r]eviewed individual [occupational health and safety] OH&S accountabilities and responsibilities in all our job roles across the business and developed new OH&S lead indicators ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... framework for those policies, Lyster said. "If you take the human rights framework and break that into occupational health and safety, diversity, gender issues, indigenous issues, privacy, etc., many are doing those things, have policies in place, and ...