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RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... prevalent negative screens conducted by investment managers are for weapons and tobacco, followed by fossil fuels and human rights. But RIAA found that consumer's searches for negative screens products via its Responsible Returns web tool weren't matching ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
Vanessa Zimmerman has launched Pillar Two, a consultancy that will assist companies with human rights policy development and risk management, as well as assisting with human rights and Modern Slavery reporting. Vanessa Zimmerman, founder, Pillar Two ...

Business has role to play in protecting human rights: Gillian Triggs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
Australia lags Western democracies in its domestic implementation of international human rights commitments, and business plays an important role in the protection of human rights, according to Gillian Triggs, former president of the Australian Human ...

Baptist World Aid Australia rates fashion companies on human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... More than two thirds of apparel companies around the world can demonstrate tracing all final stage suppliers for human rights and environmental exposures, but only 18?% have traced input suppliers and 8% have traced all material suppliers, according ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative sets ambitious investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... change and mobilising capital. Our terms of reference go beyond that. We very intentionally include statements around human rights, and we talk about human wellbeing and social equality, and financial inclusion. These are quite ambitions concepts, and ...

GRI marks 20th anniversary of first draft guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... incorporate the most current thinking and set the bar across themes as diverse as occupational health and safety, human rights and water stewardship. For example, we are now working to establish a first global standard for reporting corporate taxatio ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... investor, you should have processes in place to measure and engage on modern slavery risks. If you don't capture human rights as part of ESG risk assessment, you're not integrating ESG." This is going to be a challenge, Carlsson-Sweeny noted. "Active ...

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... textile sector was not included in the report because ACSI has previously conducted research on that specific sector's human rights risks and exposures. The report noted that the financial services sector could have exposures through corporate and operational ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... busy year ahead, with experts telling The Sustainability Report that first year of the Modern Slavery Act, wider human rights risks, the issue of restored trust, and increased activity around climate risk adaptation and mitigation all top the agenda ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... million in revenue - including government agencies, businesses and investment funds - to report disclosures related to human rights due diligence and how companies ensure they monitor and reduce the risk of modern slavery in their operations and in their ...