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Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Increased environmental and social activism by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the rising importance of human and labour rights as a social issue for companies and a divergence between considerations of governance and social and environmental ...

Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... global online platform for "companies of all sizes to upload, share and track core information in areas of business ethics, labour standards, environmental footprints and governance practices." Sedex, which operates an online database of ethical and ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... size of $100-$200,000 per contract - this was a five million contract that was going to see an explosion in their need for labour. It will create a number of Indigenous job. Then there was the fact that they'd actually tendered for commercial jobs and ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... disclosure concerning oil and gas companies' hydraulic fracturing - "fracking" -activities, and future engagements over labour standards in the extractive industry and direct employee issues in the retail sector, Reynolds said.. Reynolds has recently ...

Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Cbus Super will prioritise suicide prevention and intervention initiatives geared towards low-skilled construction workers after receiving the results of a study into suicide rates in the construction industry. The study conducted by the University ...

Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... well as econ impacts." As part of that increased scrutiny of the supply chain, Black said she expects human rights and labour issues will continue to rise in importance for Australian companies. "The issue of human rights is related to supply chain ...

AGL commences construction on Nyngan Solar Plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... framing system to the IXL Group of companies based in Geelong, Victoria. "The transfer of skills and experience to the local labour market will provide a boost to the local community and beyond as well as benefit the solar industry and the Australian ...

Kmart, Pacific Brands increase Bangladesh disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... for engagement with retailers in both Bangladesh and in Cambodia, but other issues for supply chain risk include child labour, the risks of sandblasting and paying employees a living wage, Carlsson-Sweeny said. He noted that currently, the Bangladeshi ...

GRI makes appointments to Stakeholder Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... strategic issues. There are up to 50 people representing the GRI's core constituencies - business, civil society, investment, labour and mediating institutions. Helena Barton, partner - Deloitte Sustainability, has been named chair of the Stakeholder ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... on eight cross-industry ESG issues for all companies on the MSCI World Index, including carbon emissions, water stress, labour management, and corporate governance. There is four years of raw data, including water use and lost-time injury rates; indicators ...