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ACSI finalist for 2018 Human Rights Business Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) is one of five finalists for the 2018 Human Rights Business Award. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO The Human Rights Business Award is adjudicated by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC). "Australian ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Australia; and transporting people between places of indefinite detention (both onshore and offshore), where complicity in human rights violations is all but assured." The resolution seeks to amend Qantas' constitution to permit shareholders to "express ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... private prison companies to ensure that the companies did not violate the pension fund's requirement of respect for human rights. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has received similar communication. Lopez Varona noted that ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... reporting framework, but builds on the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards. The guide discourages businesses from selecting SDGs and related targets ...

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... components that are manufactured by third party suppliers and whether the third party suppliers have contractors, or have human rights violations." Cooke believes that Konica Minolta's work at the parent company is sufficient to satisfy the reporting ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... investment, formalised around three areas - climate change, fossil fuels and environment, weapons, and ethical values and human rights. Nanuk also aligns its investments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mapping their investments against the ...

Pollinate Energy merges with US-based Empower Generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... supplied by Pollinate Energy) The product suite, including solar lights and solar fans, addresses climate change and human rights issues around poverty, enabling the organisation to directly impact a number of the United Nations Sustainable Development ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has engaged with companies on human rights in supply chains, climate change, improved environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure, and corporate governance. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil The fund has issued its ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... MSCI for companies that do not do not adhere to international norms and principles such as the UN Declaration of Human Rights. The fund also allocates higher weightings to companies with better overall ESG profiles. "There are a couple of components ...

Improved disclosure in fashion supply chain: Baptist World Aid Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Fashion retailers around the world continue to improve their disclosure and management of human rights risks in their supply chain, but "transparency remains a challenge in the industry," according to Baptist World Aid Australia. Baptist World Aid Australia ...