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SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Operations has recently hired 50 new employees as a result of this new contract, and is going through the process of training them and placing them on the sites, which are all intensive operations for the company, Doyle said. As part of the agreement ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... received five stars, but the index noted leading companies are linking progress on sustainability with remuneration, training and board development. "The key one is the engagement from the top - this connection to ensuring that the board are aware of ...

AMP Capital increases focus on corporate succession planning

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... information about what they're doing to develop middle management," she said. "Some companies are talking about different training courses that they're sending their executive on, and it's given us interesting insights to where they're steering the company ...

Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... construction workers and professional help as needed. That support will continue, and Cbus will also improve internal training so the fund can better track incidence of suicide in future. "We're actually going to provide better training to staff internally ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... of staff were seconded to Indigenous organisations, a 71% increase from 2012 and 230 employees received cross cultural training, a 31% increase from 2012. NAB also reported that more than 15 Indigenous suppliers "engaged with NAB procurement via education ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... professionals, including institutional investors, retail investors and financial planners and advisers, professional training in responsible investment. "It meets the continual need for education in the finance sector," O'Connor said. "At the [Principles ...

ICGN names Kerrie Waring managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... International Corporate Governance' (Kogan Page, 2004) and the first Global Corporate Governance Forum 'Toolkit on Director Training'. She was named Rising Star of Corporate Governance by The Millstein School of Corporate Governance at the Yale School ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... anti-corruption. While 65% of responding signatories are "committing to sustainability at the CEO level," only 35% are training managers in integrating sustainability into strategy and operations. This plays out in other areas as well - while 90% of ...

ACCSR appoints Jonathan Dutton as non-executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... capacity as non-executive director, Dutton will also be speaking on behalf of ACCSR at events, contributing to the ACCSR training programs, blogging monthly on CSR in supply chain issues and advising the ACCSR team and clients on supply side issues. ...

Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... to assist organisations in integrating sustainable procurement practices, including membership, consulting services, training, resources and events. Net Balance offers services around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental ...