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ACCR, CAER study gender pay gap at ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... our members. But we also recognise that these companies are employers and we advocate to reward staff equally for equal labour." The report highlighted Cochlear, BT Investment Group, BHP Billiton, ASX Limited and Bank of Queensland as being leaders for ...

Australian Millennials question business motivations, ethics: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... preferring to look at individual start-ups and are entrepreneurial as opposed to going into corporates. The supply and demand of labour means that business leaders who are not appealing to engaging with millennials and Gen Z are shooting themselves in ...

Australian CSR professionals appear unprepared for Modern Slavery Act: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... "Modern slavery is extensive - the ILO estimates there are 168 million children aged between 5 and 17 years engaged in child labour and over 20 million victims of forced labour - and more likely to occur in the Asia-Pacific region than anywhere else ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... assist in forming a view on earnings versus consensus forecast. "There is no trade-off between financial returns and better labour rights," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We look at three aspects - earnings risk, earnings sustainability, and management quality. ...

Improved disclosure in fashion supply chain: Baptist World Aid Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... report grades 114 companies from A to F, based on the "strength of their systems to mitigate against the risks of forced labour, child labour and exploitation in their supply chains." "One of the big shifts since 2013 has been the increased willingness ...

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... changes that will impact how companies manage human capital - automation, robotics and AI, business model disruption, and labour cost regulatory pressure, and demographic and societal changes. These disruptions will not only impact the companies that ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... sense that it's stuff that people actually eat. People are more prone to act on claims of health or sugar-free that than on labour rights." "I wouldn't be surprised if you don't see similar cases going forward, because of the temptation of companies ...

KPMG event tells companies to consider the "What ifs" of climate risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Board to leverage reporting systems already in place, rather than create new standards that will cost companies time and labour to implement. Companies have legal obligations to consider and disclose material climate risks, noted Barker. She said that ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... professionals and bringing in the senior executives to make sure they're managed." ACSI members are also continuing to focus on labour issues within supply chains and other human rights issues, and Davidson pointed to the likely introduction of a Modern ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... Australian context, the most frequent incidents in the Diversified Metals industry are health and safety, tax avoidance/evasion, labour relations, conflicts with local communities and discharges and releases in water." Sustainalytics found that the inverse ...