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Climate, worker rights rise up ESG agenda: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... been other aspects, such as a focus on industry best practice and how to be equipped to deal with the risks to the supply chain." In 2019, diversity was the most critical ESG area of focus for respondents but has dropped to fifth place this year, the ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... initiative (SBTi). In addition, Woolworths has committed to reduce absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions - broader supply chain and waste-related emissions - by 19%. All of Woolworths' targets are set from the base year of 2015. Carbon offsets are ...

Head of sustainability salaries revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... or marketing, if you have a strong community purpose behind what you're doing. If you're focused on your supply chain and modern slavery, sitting under the chief procurement officer might be the better place to sit." Unlike other parts of the ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... relative materiality of greenhouse gas emissions has fallen, whereas labour practices, employee health and safety, and supply chain management has increased in importance. However, climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions remain important considerations. ...

Brambles reports progress on 2020 sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Feggans said. "Achieving the timber one is the biggest achievement. When it comes to Timber, we can also influence our supply chain, and we have our subcontractors going down the path as well. In Canada, not only were Brambles at zero, but our entire ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... family controlled. Mascotto compared those companies to the MSCI Human Capital score, which looks at issues like supply chain management, labour management, employee health and safety and other concerns. "The conclusion is interesting in that there is ...

Australia "woefully unprepared": Australian Climate Roundtable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Australia is "woefully unprepared for the scale of climate change threats that will emerge over the coming decades," and coordination of Australia's response to climate change should be managed by the National Cabinet, according to the Australian ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Nava Subramaniam, Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation at RMIT's School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain and the report's lead author. "In many sense, we are still in the infancy of SDG reporting, with 72 companies just mentioning ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... out how to prepare their own statements. The toolkit is divided into six sections: - Understanding the problem - Supply chain due diligence, codes of conduct, corrective action and remedy - Legal obligations and frameworks - Modern slavery reporting ...

Australian business environment amongst world's most resilient: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Australia's business environment is "amongst the world's most resilient", particularly around supply chain resilience, but is exposed to a number of risks, including cyber risk, oil intensity and corporate governance, according to commercial insurer ...