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Moving towards an Australian Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for business?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... intensive and occur in developing countries, although examples have been found in Australia as well, most commonly in agriculture. It is also true many managers remain unaware of their organisation's involvement (inadvertent or otherwise) in perpetuating ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Ceres are now working together on a multi-stakeholder strategy on deforestation, palm oil, looking at large scale agriculture, looking at a lot of things." Michael Walsh, CEO of UCA Funds Management, highlighted his fund's experience in organizing campaigns ...

Australian government launches impact investment fund for Asian SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... commenced in 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. "From cafe owners in Bangladesh to sustainable agriculture producers in Indonesia, these enterprises will benefit from a new approach to foreign aid that provides loans, equity, guarantees ...

Woolworths facing shareholder resolution asking for human rights supply chain disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... etc. Woolworths and Wesfarmers scored poorly in the report - they weren't assessed as apparel companies, but on their agriculture supply chain. There is internal asymmetry relating to different lines. Extractive companies do the best, apparels are in ...

ASX200 sustainability disclosures improve, but climate-related data needed: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... framework and note that it includes detailed sectoral guidance for energy, materials and building, transportation, and agriculture and food companies. Several companies in Australia have already committed to report to this new standard." The survey found ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... are being pushed out of traditional asset classes like fixed income and equities and things like direct forestry, agriculture and infrastructure," Brand said. "They want to feel confident that the mangers they're selecting will deliver the positive outcomes ...

Fashion retailers increase reporting of human rights in supply chain: Baptist World Aid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... raw material - usually cotton farms. The report notes that "as the majority of the world's child labourers work in agriculture, the risks at this stage of the supply chain are acute." When Baptist World Aid launched the report in 2013, most companies ...

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO speaks on 2017 green bond market outlook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... will release standards for agricultural and agricultural supply chain-based green bonds. "The next cab of the rank is agriculture and agricultural supply chain," he said. "We've also got hydro at least in one area, hydro is critical to energy storage. ...

CEFC, Commonwealth Bank launch energy efficient finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Farr, Commonwealth Bank managing director asset finance. "In particular, we see huge potential for the transport, agriculture and construction industries to realise major benefits from upgrading to energy efficient technologies, including fuel efficient ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... opportunity to tell the good stories. It gives us that opportunity to be a part of a bigger conversation about beef, agriculture, our place in the world and it's long overdue."