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Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... you can call a company up, look for the actual stories that are generating that score. If there's something about child labour there, you can engage with the company and ask them wht they're doing." TruValue conducts "human supervised machine learning" ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... Carlsson-Sweeny said. "Supply chains are global, they're becoming more dynamic, more complex. There are the current trade wars, labour costs going up in China, Chinese capital flowing out of China into new countries, changing the supply chains, and that ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... if not already: Optimised performance (OP): Transformation of the operation of buildings, cities and markets; Reworked labour (RL): Transformation of the labour force; Exposed business (EB): Transformation of the public exposure of organisations; Liberated ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... reporting to GRESB said they have policies in place to address social issues including diversity and equal opportunity, forced labour, safety, and worker rights. Meanwhile, 85% of participants measure and monitor the impact of their operations on communities ...

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 ...