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Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... database of ethical and sustainable supply chain data that allows suppliers to share performance with buyers in areas such as labour, health and safety, environment and business ethics. Buyers that use Sedex access targeted, verified information on material ...

UN Global Compact designs equities index that outperforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... takes into consideration a range of indicators based on the Global Compact's ten principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, environmental stewardship, and anti-corruption. Sustainalytics had approximately 722 Global Compact companies ...

PRI: ESG factors material to sovereign bond creditworthiness

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... analysis done by Maplecroft. "A strong legal and regulatory environment, high standards of health and education, respect for labour rights and access to quality infrastructure all contribute to economic growth, which promotes stability," the paper said. ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... signatories. The survey probed corporate action against the ten principles of the which cover activities in human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption. Companies are "moving from good intentions to significant actions," the organisation ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Bangladesh, joining more than 190 shareholders and investors which are calling on brands and retailers to implement the core labour standard of the International Labor Organisation (ILO). Bill Hartnett The statement comes as a response to the series ...

LUCRF Community Partnership Trust opens in South Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... fund's marketing budget, and is in line with the fund's trade-union roots, said Greg Sword, LUCRF CEO. LUCRF Super - the Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund - was founded in 1978 by the Storeman and Packers Union. "The fundamental values of the ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... cited engagement around anti-corruption and compliance, and the recent publication of the third ACSI research paper into labour and human rights supply chain policies in ASX-listed consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies. This evolution ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... than a third of Australian consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from the Australian ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... and these topics but I would like to add one very important factor and that is CSR - that means social aspects, of core labour standards, the environment, all this package of necessities, in order to have a natural resource strategy that really drives ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... have a long-standing collaboration that has resulted in the Global Compact's 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption being fully aligned with the newly launched G4 GRI sustainability standards. "The UN ...