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Diversity Council Australia rates Asia capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia DCA surveyed a national sample of more than 2,000 Australian workers for National Scorecard of Australia's Workforce Asia Capability, a survey that measures workforce capabilities that drive success in Asian markets. The report notes that seven ...

ACSI calls for better ASX disclosure of mental health and safety

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
More than 90% of ASX200 financial companies and 75% of mining and utilities companies have commitments to workplace mental health and safety, but barely one third publicly disclose information on the effectiveness of those programs, according to research ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... across the group from 1,312 to 1,711 and also boosted its number of women in senior roles to 29%. Wesfarmers' overall workforce was 56% - 116,284 - women and 44% - 90,998 - men as at 30 June 2014. Wesfamers also reported a reduction in the total recordable ...

DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... estimated 18.5% of the Australian population has as disability, but only half of those aged 15 to 64 participate in the workforce. "People with disabilities in Australia are limited by what I describe as the soft bigotry of low expectations," said Graeme ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... project are the traineeships and improved local employment for people who have struggled to get into the mainstream workforce. This is having a sustainable impact. The investment will finance the acquisition of the property, the refurbishment of that ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... business is a lost opportunity. Only 15% of respondents told DCA they "strongly agree their organisation leverages its workforce cultural diversity to better service clients," for example. The report noted that eight out of ten of Australia's ten largest ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... non-transport infrastructure. But cities also reported social impacts like public health that could also affect companies' workforce and customers. Cities also citied changes to the natural environment and resources that impact on production, particularly ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... community. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The half-year progress report shows that Westpac is hitting targets to ensure that their workforce "is representative of the community", with 43% of leadership roles filled by women, ahead of a 42% target for 2014 ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... [with Thiess] and ironing out the creases that have popped up," Doyle said. "SVA have helped us with money to carry the workforce while we wait for the company to pay - in the mining game, it's 60 days after the end of month for invoices, and that's ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... harder by working in an area where the people you're working with are disadvantaged, or generally haven't been in the workforce, for example." Thomas notes that NFPs and social enterprises do have resources available that contribute to the financial ...