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European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... adopted by the European Commission. 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 ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... meaning that results fell short of target set. In terms of employment, NAB cited growth in Indigenous employment, from 97 employees in 2011 to 142 in 2012, with 19 trainee graduates moving into permanent positions at NAB. "Our employment numbers are ...

UN Global Compact, GRI most cited CSR instruments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... practices." The European Commission examined publicly available policy references by companies with between 1,000 and 10,000 employees across 10 different EU member states - Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, UK, Czech Republic ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... HIV/AIDS health initiative. Chapman said that when Xtrata began operating in South Africa ten years ago, one in five employees out of a workforce of 23,000 were HIV positive. Xtrata partnered with a group called Re-Action!, and subsequently developed ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... performance indicators and measurable targets. "We speculate this tactic may be used less due to the requirement for employees to take on more responsibility without financial recognition and because of diversion of resource hours away from what may ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... standards. B Corp status is awarded by US-based non-profit B Lab, which evaluates potential companies for how they impact on employees, suppliers, community and the environment against standards for social and environmental performance, accountability ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... course will be extended across the IBB line and the Asia Pacific region, ANZ said. ANZ also reported that almost 1,000 employees completed their online Social and Environmental Risk training in 2012, which incorporates the bank's values and behaviours ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Liquor Group, safe driving for Woolworths Petrol, and Men's Sheds for Masters Home Improvements. It's unclear whether employees are engaged in these causes, or whether the support is mainly financial. The section opens with another big number - the $36.6m ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... was ranked the top institutional asset onwer for its transparency and management plan, with South Africa's Government Employees Pension Fund second, CareSuper third, the Dutch Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW) fourth, and Cbus Super ranked ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... commercial buildings, and the third initiative is to consolidate commercial buildings, "including relocating over 6,000 employees to Commonwealth Bank Place in Sydney."