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GRI establishing working groups for G4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... launched in May 2013. In 2011, GRI published G3.1, an interim update that included additional guidances on gender, human rights and local communities. "The issues covered in G3.1 are also relevant for large multi and transnational companies that operate ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... the debate could evolve into a wider question of social justice, in line with rising emphasis on social issues like human rights. "The top priority, based on over 300 survey responses to our State of CSR in Australia report, is managing regulatory impacts ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Investors (ACSI) reporting ASX200 companies significantly lag their global peers in the development of labour and human rights (LHR) policies for their supply chain. The Net Balance report examined ASX100's public social and environmental disclosures ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... signatory to the United Nations Global Compact, under which participants enact a set of principles around the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption. In the 2011 financial year, the company invested AU$60m in learning ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ has reported an increase in employee engagement and has integrated its human rights standard into its training program, but disclosed a slight decrease in the percentage of women in management, against a backdrop of group net profit after tax of ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... industrial sectors report and manage supply chain sustainability. See Also: Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

75% of ASX100 exposed to corruption in high-risk countries

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... industry and operating in certain regions, for instance," Paterson said. "Primarily, it's these two issues, bribery and human rights. A company is exposed in the area of human rights or bribery whether or not the company has a majority of its business ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Nearly half of ASX100 companies are exposed to human rights risks in their overseas operations, and almost all of those companies have inadequate management systems in place to mitigate those exposures, a study by Net Balance has found. Net Balance ...

PRI signatories develop farmland principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... managers/operators to conduct environmental assessments to identify relevant impacts and risk; to identify relevant labour and human rights risks and impacts and to implement measures to address those risks; to implement processes for land acquisitions ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... proactive about managing it. I would hope that it's a wake-up call. The supply chain isn't just about managing carbon or human rights - there are all sorts of rights to be managed." At the NTCA, various stakeholder interactions that already occur will ...