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Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... at the company's Wiluna Martu land management collaboration with the Central Desert Native Title Service and the Martu people. "Under this initiative, Martu rangers provide environmental services to Newmont, supporting Newmont's environmental compliance ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... aspirational target of 50% by 2017. The bank also increased focus on flexible working arrangements, with the proportion of people working flexibly increasing from 43% in 2010 to 62% in 2012. Westpac also released a new Accessibility Action Plan in May ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Pollinate Energy, a not-for-profit social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums, is one of 17 projects recognised by the United Nations Climate Change secretariat. Pollinate Energy and the 16 other projects ...

GRI makes appointments to Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... term will run from 2014 to 2016. The Stakeholder Council advises the GRI board on strategic issues. There are up to 50 people representing the GRI's core constituencies - business, civil society, investment, labour and mediating institutions. Helena ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... said. "I think there is a level of understanding and a level of appreciation, but I think there's always more in taking people's understanding forward. We have also met with the staff as key stakeholders and presented them with the integrated report ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Ethinvest has created a web page on their site with information and suggestions for actions, including an e-mail template for people to send to their superannuation fund asking them to vote in favour of Dunlop. "By raising a serious candidate in this ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... to the headline risk," Finlayson said. "Often, there is the headline risk that if something happens in society at large, people find that exposure [in their portfolio] and they weren't quite aware of it. They want increasing transparency from the GP ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... don't talk about it in a way because it's a raison d'etre. You don't have a cooperative business unless you have a group of people that collectively decide that they have a need that they can address." The BCCM board is made up of organisations including ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... behalf of its collective clientele is more effective. "The issue of data collection is equally important," Smith said. "As people push programs further down the supply chain, as data became more involved across the environment, bribery, and the complexity ...

ACSI: ASX100 boards more diverse in gender, background

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... there were 108 executive and non-executive directors appointed in 2012, and of those, 78 seats - or 68% - were filled by 70 people who are not currently directors of ASX100 companies. The research, conducted by Ownership Matters, saw 55 new entrants ...