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Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... toolkit to help business and investors take action to improve human rights standards in their supply chains and combat forced labour, human trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. (Image courtesy of Walk Free) The launch is timed to help businesses ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... their human capital well, so if jobs are being replaced, they should try to educate staff, make sure that they have good labour practices in place. That is the only thing that we can ask companies to do." Robeco signed a global investor statement asking ...

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... listed companies in the mining, construction, and commercial cleaning sectors have made no material disclosure about their labour hire and/or contracting workforce in annual reporting documents, according to research from the Australasian Centre for ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... implications for those that can't separate out, which could mean transmission to rural communities." A significant impact on labour in the agriculture sector could disrupt food security in Australia, Hepworth said. Workers on farms are seeking information ...

GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... chains are in Australia, or overseas." Modern slavery - which may exist in many forms including as human trafficking, forced labour or debt bondage - continues to affect millions of workers around the world with some estimates putting the figure as high ...

Coronavirus pandemic produces supply chain crisis: Baker McKenzie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... as the global economy begins to recover from the crisis, businesses need to be agile, and ready to tackle operational, labour and demand/supply constraints, re-address strategic and tax planning and re-consider business models post-COVID-19, the report ...

Modern slavery, climate risk key elements of RI activity: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... COVID-19 going to change things with modern slavery in the short term? What sectors are expecting a spike in temporary labour, are they working to mitigate modern slavery risks?" There will be a focus on whether demand for personal protection equipment ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... suppliers against each other. If you only compete on price against other suppliers, that's a risk that you take shortcuts on labour to provide at lower price, so that hasn't changed at all, even in a COVID19 environment." Ausbil will also continue to ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... the needs of the most marginalised and vulnerable are given the most appropriate attention. Principles Three to Six on Labour Rights provide a framework for ensuring stable continuation on income and benefits despite flexible working arrangements including ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Affairs (senior policy advisor - parliamentary liaison); the Foundation United in Music (UN liaison officer); and the Dutch Labour Party (policy advisor, and an elected Member of Amsterdam City Council). Reuten holds an BSC in Political Science and an ...