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UN Global Compact, GRI most cited CSR instruments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... the UN Global Compact at 32%. Other instruments cited in the sample of public CSR statements included the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines, ISO 26000, the Universal ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... capita income lifted from 16 th among OECD nations in 1990 to 6 th in 2010, overtaking the US in 2005. From 1993 to 1999, labour and capital productivity drove growth in all sectors. Then to 2005, as commodity prices started to boom, our terms of trade ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... like to have assured. The report found that environmental data were the most commonly assured disclosures, followed by labour practices and product responsibility and society, but that assurance of human rights disclosures was only clearly identified ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... second most mentioned material issue, with mentions from 80% of respondents. Environment came in third at 76%, and social/labour practices and decent work was mentioned by 71% of interviewed stakeholders. The research asked interviewees about seven broad ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... added 21 companies and deleted seven countries from the index series. At the same time, FTSE said it applied supply chain labour standards criteria to more than double the number of companies - from 164 to almost 400. FTSE evauates companies facing labour ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories say that executive remuneration, climate change and supply chain labour standards are "priority areas of engagement" with invested companies in the next year. These areas of engagement were identified ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... companies are looking to their supply chain as a way of controlling costs. However, AMP said that focusing solely on cheap labour came with its own risks, both in terms of labour exploitation as well as issues relating to goods' quality. "We believe ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... On the social side, there are things like education levels, the GINI coefficient, the demographic makeup of the country, labour market freedoms, and on the governance side it's things like financial transparency, the level of corruption, how fair the ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Of the four areas covered under the Global Compact's principles, companies are taking action on the environment and on labour standards at the highest rates. Anti-corruption efforts have increased steadily for two consecutive years, but human rights ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Only 14% of ASX200 companies have formal policies addressing labour and human rights issues, despite the index's heavy weighting towards sectors with high frequency and/or severity of labour and human rights controversies, according to a new report ...