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Principles for Responsible Investment hire head of Africa

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... have hired Adrian Bertrand as head of Africa, networks and global outreach. Bertrand joins the PRI from the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) of South Africa, where he worked for four years as environmental, social and governance (ESG) manager. ...

Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... and Safety in Bangladesh. Wesfarmers also reported an increase in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander employees across the group from 1,312 to 1,711 and also boosted its number of women in senior roles to 29%. Wesfarmers' overall workforce ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... the company." Expanding the range of directors' corporate responsibilities to take into account interests including employees, suppliers, distributors, consumers, creditors, government and the community is part of the wider discussion of what is shareholder ...

DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... DCA and ANZ Bank recently hosted a panel discussion exploring ways in which companies should engage with customers, employees and pote ntial employees with disabilities. DCA cites statistics that an estimated 18.5% of the Australian population has as ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... identifiable group of long-term owners" where governance processes primarily aim "to protect stakeholders such as creditors and employees, rather than the owners." As companies recognise that they are competing with the same pool of capital, there is ...

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 ...