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Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability risk in the principles has prompted discussion and activity by companies, Fox said. "The secretariat is providing training around the idea of disclosing [sustainability risks], and companies are engaging parts of the business that might ...

School for Social Entrepreneurs holds NDIS training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia, and SSE's Accelerator program will incorporate the organisation's capability-focused "action-learning" approach to training. The NDIS Accelerator Program will be a series of face-to-face workshops, sessions with experts, government representatives ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... process." Future Home Loans currently works with nine mortgage brokers that the founders of Future Super have provided training around the issues of fossil fuel divestment and the Australian banking sector, Verwey said. Future Home Loans have identified ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... sub-category, with society at 13% and product responsibility at 11$%. The most frequently reported issue was community, with training and education and product and service labeling also mentioned. For their part, RobecoSAM identified 13 financially material ...

Supply chain sustainability school launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Foundation, with support from Ernst & Young. "The Supply Chain Sustainability School has been set up in Australia to provide training and other resources to ensure the broader supply chain has a common understanding of best industry practice," said Renuka ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... process." Future Home Loans currently works with nine mortgage brokers that the founders of Future Super have provided training around the issues of fossil fuel divestment and the Australian banking sector, Verwey said. Future Home Loans have identified ...

Diversity Council Australia urges employer action in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... senior leadership. What organisations are doing isn't working, and we need to do new things." DCA provides support and training to its members around diversity and inclusion policies and strategies. Annese highlighted the need increased focus on flexible ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has launched a fund manager training program for managers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The goal of the training program is to "enable impact investment fund managers in high-growth regions to better ...

DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Innes, former Australian disability discrimination commissioner and chair of the Attitude Foundation, who is a lawyer by training and has been blind since birth. "We don't get appointed to jobs that we know we can do because others think that we can't. ...

Australian companies still lag on anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... The Sustainability Report. A functional anti-corruption and anti-bribery policy will feature processes for awareness training, risk assessment, channels for raising concern and for corporate response when concerns are raised. "Really understanding the ...