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High modern slavery risk to ASX 300: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... well-established reports of forced labour or child labour, including cocoa, coffee, rubber gloves, and cobalt, which is used in electronics. The Modern Slavery Scorecard uses international trade data to determine how significant a risk the product is ...

Coronavirus pandemic produces supply chain crisis: Baker McKenzie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... deeper drop in output this year than the global decline as the table below shows, with sectors such as automotive and electronics not actually climbing back to 2019 levels until 2022. China's automotive sector will see a 19% drop in output for H1 2020 ...

Human rights, ethical sourcing driving ESG considerations in Asia: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... waste to Canada; and in Indonesia, where they found containers of recycling paper contaminated with oils, plastics and electronics; has further politicised global waste, plastics and recycling. "From a high level what it means is that Australia can't ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... investing have announced the results of the DJSI review. The three largest additions to the DJSI World are Samsung Electronics, British American Tobacco, and ASML Holding, whilst the three largest deletions are Enbridge Inc., Reckitt Benckiser Group ...

Baptist World Aid: labour concerns in electronics' supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Forced labour, child labour and exploitation are "significant problems" in the supply chain of the electronics industry, according to the 2016 Electronics Industry Trends report published by Baptist World Aid and Not For Sale. In their second report ...

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia Group, Investa Office Fund and National Australia Bank. Globally, the climate leaders include BMW, Samsung Electronics and Unilever, and climate performance leaders have reduced their total (absolute) emissions by 33 million metric tons in ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... and insurance, food and beverage, metals, mining and engineering, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, electronics and computers, transport, and utilities. KPMG found the companies and their associated corporate foundations invested on average ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Australasia and score an even split of high, medium and low ratings. EIRIS downgraded two companies in the top 50 - Samsung Electronics and JP Morgan Chase & Co. have both been downgraded from a C to a D. EIRIS noted 'a sharp decline in its environmental ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Mooney said. "What we know is that our clients want asset protection for not just thing like jewellery or high end electronics, but for the assets that improve their quality of life - their fridge, their washing machine, their car. We have some really ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Inc., Microsoft Corporation, National Australia Bank, National Grid, Nestle, Nokia-Siemens Networks, PepsiCo, Philips Electronics N.V., Reckitt Benckiser, Rexam, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., SAB Miller, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Suzano ...