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Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... mainstream western background would go through school all the way through year twelve, then move on to further education and training and straight into employment, and maybe start a family in the late 20s or when their career is established, that is ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... and healthcare facilities; move beyond buildings to communities and cities; and embed green skills across all industry training. Mellon likened the need to embed green skills across the workforce to the push to embed occupational safety across the workforce. ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... tailored to the nature of the business. Wesfarmers also detailed overall policies to encourage gender diversity, and training and development of employees. Goyder also pointed to the company's reconciliation action plan (RAP), which was started in 2009 ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... or a value chain approach will help report developers and readers have a better understanding. As we are providers of training in GRI reporting, we can give a bigger focus on this. It's not a mandatory part of the GRI training, but it tells me that we ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability criteria into contracts for external suppliers and service providers, and almost 90% provide employee training and education. More broadly, the global GRESB respondents reported over 45,000 GW and energy expenditures, with costs equal ...

Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... for that to occur." In addition to the oath itself, the BFO will develop other initiatives focused on ethics, such as training, seminars and networking opportunities. "We hope many senior leaders in our industry will embrace the oath - the initial response ...

GRI opens comment on anti-corruption, GHG guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... organisations to report information on their anti-corruption policy, their stated commitments to zero-tolerance of corruption, training of employees, governance bodies and business partners on anti-corruption and collective action initiatives against ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... corruption, they are issues, particularly for companies operating in Africa. We want an understanding of how they're training their people on the ground, training their suppliers, and engaging with the issues." The companies that Bennett highlights are ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... asset managers should be encouraged to report energy use and the regulatory framework should support the development of training amongst practitioners to improve sustainability skills," IICGG said. "The introduction of market and fiscal instruments such ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... literacy with a product.... The way most people learn or become financially literate is to learn by doing. We back that training and coupled it with a range of microfinance products. We knew at the start that the target market that we're after weren't ...