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DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... strategy," said Gail Kelly, Westpac CEO. "It is also a wonderful reflection of the outstanding efforts of our 36,000 employees who are working every day to achieve our vision to help our customers, communities and people prosper and grow." S&P Dow Jones ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... projects, he businesses with offsetting programmes reported corporate benefits "such as enhanced brand image, engaged employees and market differentiation," ICROA said. "Increasingly, businesses are considering their carbon management activities as part ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... cultural capability improves over time, we look forward to seeing further research which explores the diversity among Asian employees." The underrepresentation of people with Asian cultural backgrounds in Australian business is a lost opportunity. Only ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... worked for coffee and not other products?" Addarii also pointed to French social enterprise Groupe SOS, which has 11,000 employees and works to develop social enterprises that provide services around youth, employment, solidarity, health and seniors. ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... such a diverse industry with so many types of funds. It runs the spectrum from a small corporate fund that's run for employees of one single employer, to public offer funds that are offered by large retail institutions or even in the industry fund sp ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... an organisation that we've long engaged with, along with other stakeholder groups. We also engage with customers and employees. We have worked through each of those processes methodically with surveys and all types of information to build up materiality ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... dealing with a company with a social justice mission statement about it." Iman Operations has recently hired 50 new employees as a result of this new contract, and is going through the process of training them and placing them on the sites, which are ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... part of their annual reporting. Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier Companies with more than 500 employees will use a report or explain approach to provide information on strategy, results and risks in six areas - environmental ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB, Westpac top "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... for its work in its five sustainability priority areas - business practices, the education sector, its members, its employees, and the environment, the bank said. Ethisphere Institute selects companies based on its proprietary rating system, the Ethics ...

Cbus Super to target suicide prevention initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... see if they can help in the overall - lost productivity," he said. "This affects the broader industry as well as the employees directly impacted, in terms of lost productivity on the site."