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ASX300 action on modern slavery "lagging"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Thailand, India, Madagascar and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which have reported incidents of forced labour and child labour. Secondly, the report finds that "the majority of S&P/ASX 300 modern slavery statements do not extend to their indirect ...

Amundi launches Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... defense, tobacco, alcohol, gambling, nuclear, pornography, any companies violating human rights, labour rights, or using child labour ; general business malpractice and controversial environmental practice. Amundi then selects companies with the best ...

Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... you can call a company up, look for the actual stories that are generating that score. If there's something about child labour there, you can engage with the company and ask them wht they're doing." TruValue conducts "human supervised machine learning" ...

Australian CSR professionals appear unprepared for Modern Slavery Act: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... "Modern slavery is extensive - the ILO estimates there are 168 million children aged between 5 and 17 years engaged in child labour and over 20 million victims of forced labour - and more likely to occur in the Asia-Pacific region than anywhere else ...

Improved disclosure in fashion supply chain: Baptist World Aid Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... 114 companies from A to F, based on the "strength of their systems to mitigate against the risks of forced labour, child labour and exploitation in their supply chains." "One of the big shifts since 2013 has been the increased willingness of companies ...

Moving towards an Australian Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for business?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... which Australia could combat the growing problem of modern slavery which includes practices such as forced labour, child labour and debt bondage. The report ' Hidden in Plain Sight ' offers a number of recommendations and with bipartisan support it seems ...

Fashion retailers increase reporting of human rights in supply chain: Baptist World Aid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... commitment to making 30% of their cotton supply free of labor risks, and will grow rapidly beyond that. The real risks of child labour are in the fabric mills." Companies aRe also increasingly publishing their supplier lists, including business names ...

New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Zealanders want their KiwiSaver providers to take into account are issues related to people and animals such as slavery, child labour, animal cruelty, above environmental issues such as environmental damage and carbon emissions. Respondents reported ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... to the Australian livestock industry - Bondfield noted that some issues in the global roundtable, such as use of child labour and Amazonian rainforest deforestation, are not concerns for Australian-based producers, for example, while water use is a concern ...

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... complex social problem wider than the supplier itself, such as slavery in the fishing sector, migrant labour abuse and child labour in low income areas. These require engaging with governments, other buyers, and NGOs and others with detailed knowledge ...