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Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Balance, finds that co-operatives and mutuals can deliver public services in was that are cost efficient and improve accountability and resource allocation. Melina Morrison, CEO of BCCM, said that the business model of co-operatives and mutuals are particularly ...

GRI, RAFI to collaborate on human rights reporting standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... as an international standard-setter, in order to better fulfill its mission to make corporate transparency and accountability standard practice."

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... nature of that process that three private organisations can advise large institutions to direct proxy votes without accountability to the superannuation fund members. There is not a lot of sunlight there. I appreciate the fact that [proxy advisors] engage ...

GRI, UN Global Compact, WBSCD to collaborate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... development goals have not yet been developed, but part of that process is the need for business to demonstrate accountability and transparency, and GRI noted that its G4 guidelines can be used for business to integrate sustainability into their strategies ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... disclosure and transparency piece." The new reporting and assessment framework has been redesigned to bring about better accountability of the PRI, signatory transparency and signatory assessment with better tools for measurement and reporting. The framework ...

NAB, bankmecu win at Australasian Reporting Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... organisations. They were established "63 years ago by a group of professional people who were concerned about improving the accountability of activities of organisations", according to ARA's website. NAB won the award for sustainability reporting - private ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... practices. Which in our case means that we have a stable, better informed, longer term prosperity and sustainability and accountability in the long term. So we see this as something which is not a smokescreen and not something that is an openwashing. ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia to build trust with Indigenous Australia, and to make sure we're all held to the highest standard of accountability. There is no imperative from Reconciliation Australia to do it, but I think it sets a new benchmark. If a bank brings out a ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... leadership was about "embracing the values of the new generation" - greater openness, stronger inclusion and better accountability. "I was pleased when I look at the AFL and the work it does, I was pretty satisfied against those values of a generation ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... employees, suppliers, community and the environment against standards for social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. "We've known about the movement for a couple of years now, and we started about mid-last year to pursue the ...