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Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... year. It is a significant achievement to be recognised on the international stage for our long term commitment to ethical business practices" said Steve James, CEO of Teachers Mutual Bank. Companies in Ethisphere Institute's list are ranked on five categories ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... - and especially the ESG elements - is that we believe as a global firm that ESG is part and parcel of the way we do business," Hurt said. "There is so much data and knowledge and commentary out there, questioning the link between ESG integration and ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... eight financially material sustainability issues - risk management, corporate governance, human capital management and business ethics. Sector specific factors included financial inclusion and emerging market growth, and ESG investment integration. "This ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... that there were competing needs, and this was a compromise between collecting data and not being overly demanding of business," Annese said. "We're supportive of making reporting as streamlined as possible." Eliminating these reporting areas will reduce ...

ACSI sets goal of 30% women on ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... composition and non-executive director remuneration in a yearly report. "It is heartening to see that so many of Australia's business leaders have responded in recent years to the challenge set by ACSI, and others, to diversify the intellectual, philosophical ...

Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... a career at Westpac?" Since 2011, the bank has taken on board 45 Indigenous Australian university students in varying business units in retail and business banking, legal and secretariat, human resources and communication, project development and financial ...

GRI publishes linkage document for EU ESG directive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released a guidance document that sets out the links between the GRI G4 guidelines and a new European Union directive that mandates companies to report on non-financial sustainability issues. Under legislation ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... climate risk, and the level of preparedness of the suppliers in the US was quite shocking, I thought, given that in the business world, there is an awareness of climate risk, " said Dexter Galvin, head of supply chain at CDP. "The lack of preparedness ...

GRI creates two leadership groups for future discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... group will discuss which will be the most important topics for society in the next 10 years and how they will affect business and disclosures, the role of new technologies and big data in reporting, how organisations can connect sustainability and value ...

Bondor, QUT partner on sustainable building material project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... themselves to sustainable living, and how they were doing so. We are hoping to show that doing things differently to 'business as usual' has benefits for everyone - the supplier and the consumer." The first set of results to be available from mid-2015 ...