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Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Woolworths launched a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to advance opportunities of Indigenous Australians and reported a 30% decrease in its lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR), against a backdrop of a 5.1% increase in net profit to AU$2.124bn for ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... at an early stage. The bank disclosed that employee engagement rose from 64% to 70% in 2011. The bank increased its Indigenous traineeships by 111 and noted that of those who complete a traineeship, around half go on to permanent employment with ANZ. ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... implement the next stage to address its 2010 diversity audit, including implementing an accessibility action plan, Indigenous recruitment and a mature age employee strategy. The bank will also continue its work in partnership with Mission Australia to ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... "If you take the human rights framework and break that into occupational health and safety, diversity, gender issues, indigenous issues, privacy, etc., many are doing those things, have policies in place, and they do to some extent report on these areas," ...

Metcash drop paper supplier over Indonesian foresting concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... on its website in August. "We have followed up and are assured the tiger shown was caught in a boar trap set by the indigenous population - it had nothing to do with our supplier Solaris." But after "ongoing questions" about their parent, Asia Pulp and ...

Majority of ASX100 report on ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... increase in emissions intensity in the industrial portfolio. For OZ Minerals, the report named the company's award-winning indigenous employment training program via which 51 local and indigenous trainees have gained employment at Prominent Hill, and ...

GRI developing oil and gas sector reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... waste, water, biodiversity, renewable energy, biofuels, health impact assessment, asset integrity and safety processes, indigenous peoples, impacts on local communities, resentment, and decommissioning. GRI is being supported by Arthur D. Little consultants ...

GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... mitigation policies, plus looking at engagement polices for local communities. For businesses with significant impacts in Indigenous communities and communities in developing markets, it'll require the reporting getting more specific in those areas." ...