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J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... highlight their respective gender diversity policy and proposed improvements," the report found. " As a percentage of total employees, females made up roughly 50% across all REITs. However females in key management roles ranged from 13% for WDC to 40% ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... disclosed LHR polices. In 2012, the ACSI report examined listed companies' disclosure of LHR standards as related to direct employees, measuring disclosure across LHR indicators, finding high levels of reporting into prohibition of discrimination and ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... " NGS Super has a large number of teaching and educational staff within its more than 100,000 membership, as well as employees from the Uniting Church services sectors. A social benefit bond is a Social Benefit Bond is a financial instrument that pays ...

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... company was taking additional steps to ensure the safety of those who may visit Bangladesh factories on their behalf - as employees, representatives, agents or contractors; whether workers in their supplier factories have the right to refuse dangerous ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... says that reports and communication that are structured around IR will be of benefit to other stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers, business partners, local communities, legislators, regulators, and policy-makers. "The new framework ...

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 ...