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Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Remedy" Framework - "the state duty to protect against human rights abuses, including by business; the corporate responsibility to respect human rights; and the need to ensure access to remedy for those affected by human rights abuses." The MMG case ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Through our efforts I look forward to contributing to the development of the principles and standards of corporate responsibility." Standard Life Investments is headquartered in Edinburgh, and maintains offices in Sydney as well as Boston, Hong Kong ...

NAB's 'Wealth of Opportunity' a new CSR narrative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank is launching a communication strategy to talk about corporate responsibility to both internal and external stakeholders, shareholders and customers. said Paula Benson, general manager, corporate responsibility, NAB The strategy ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand companies lag global and UK peers in the Corporate Responsibility Index (CR Index), a leading voluntary benchmark of corporate responsibility. The CR Index ranks and compares companies - public, private, partnerships, franchise ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... some big potential rewards as well." Westpac has also hired Siobhan Toohill, formerly general manager, corporate responsibility and sustainability at Stockland, for a newly created role that will "bring together the community and sustainability teams" ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... future orientation, according to two participants in the IIRC's pilot program. Janette O'Neill, head of corporate responsibility, National Australia Bank NAB has been gradually moving towards producing an integrated report, and included corporate responsibility ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Robinson, general manager, governance, integration and reporting, at Telstra, Janette O'Neill, h ead of corporate responsibility strategy at NAB, Mike Chapman, manager, environment and community, Xstrata Coal and Sarah Marshall, national environment ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Responsibility (ACCSR)'s annual review. The ACCSR's The State of CSR 2012/2013 surveyed 160 people working in corporate responsibility and sustainability in Australia and New Zealand and asked them to evaluate leadership and CSR. ACCSR has researched ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... revenue from Asia Pacific, Europe and America by 2017. "At the same time, we have continued our focus on corporate responsibility," ANZ said in the shareholder review. "Our contribution to the community has been guided by our corporate responsibility ...

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Diversified property group Charter Hall has reported establishing a corporate responsibility and sustainability (CR&S) working group and increased embedding of environmental, social and governance issues in their businesses objectives in its first sustainability ...