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UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... findings with companies to address those issues. Other issues that institutional investors identified include: water, human rights, bribery and corruption, unconventional fuels, which the PRI identifies as oil sands, fracking and deepwater drilling ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... then they find that their structures don't meet general corporate governance standards. As for other issues, such as human rights, bribery, and corruption, they are issues, particularly for companies operating in Africa. We want an understanding of how ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... labour standards at the highest rates. Anti-corruption efforts have increased steadily for two consecutive years, but human rights action continues to lag behind. The survey found that a minority of the largest or publicly traded companies around he ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Only 14% of ASX200 companies have formal policies addressing labour and human rights issues, despite the index's heavy weighting towards sectors with high frequency and/or severity of labour and human rights controversies, according to a new report ...

GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... attached to that a daily alert that includes anything that fits within the 12 rating factors and added to that are the human rights issues. We deliver that as part of the service. We will deliver the factors against every ASX 300 ranking and deliver ...

Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... two indicators. For example, instead of gathering information from the front lines of a company's operations, where human rights issues are very important, they talk about those issues at headquarters, where the issues aren't as relevant. For the credibility ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Australian companies are exposed to risks stemming from human rights issues, and should be aware of international laws and frameworks creating obligations or pressure to set, implement and monitor human rights policies. Although there is not one set ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia, a multi-party organisation made up of human rights, aid, faith-based and environmental organisations, is pressing for regulatory changes that will cause oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... is considering the transparency of payments, but there's an opportunity there." On the social side, the issue of human rights risks is engendering debate, but again, financial analysts are struggling to translate concerns over how companies are exposed ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... set of key performance indicators (KPIs) assessing operational and reputational risks associated with labour and human rights factors in corporate supply chains. The KPIs have been developed with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and Harvard Law School's ...