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Australia "woefully unprepared": Australian Climate Roundtable

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Australia is "woefully unprepared for the scale of climate change threats that will emerge over the coming decades," and coordination of Australia's response to climate change should be managed by the National Cabinet, according to the Australian ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Nava Subramaniam, Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation at RMIT's School of Accounting, Information Systems and Supply Chain and the report's lead author. "In many sense, we are still in the infancy of SDG reporting, with 72 companies just mentioning ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... out how to prepare their own statements. The toolkit is divided into six sections: - Understanding the problem - Supply chain due diligence, codes of conduct, corrective action and remedy - Legal obligations and frameworks - Modern slavery reporting ...

Australian business environment amongst world's most resilient: FM Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Australia's business environment is "amongst the world's most resilient", particularly around supply chain resilience, but is exposed to a number of risks, including cyber risk, oil intensity and corporate governance, according to commercial insurer ...

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
There is a disconnect between IT and business leaders regarding the risk and opportunity of consumer data, according to new research from the Governance Institute of Australia and CSIRO. Megan Motto, Governance Institute CEO The report - Digital Trust ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... needed, or more complex things like the extent to which you might want to have additional resilience built into the supply chain, or a wider number of vetted suppliers you might want to have to hand. For example, we know that anytime you have a rush ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... corporate social responsibility (CSR). Informed 365 is providing a platform for gathering information related to supply chain exposures to modern slavery, said Nicholas Bernhardt, CEO of Informed 365. "If you're a high tech appliance manufacturer, and ...

Research project to study sustainable forestry in East Arnhem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... forecast the most appropriate and profitable product types, harvestable quantities and values, and broader market and supply chain opportunities. Indigenous communities, while indicating an interest in sustainable and commercial forestry, have not had ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... care of their human capital through the COVID-19 pandemic, Essink noted. "We are asking companies to look into their supply chain, because there are reports that retail stores are cancelling orders which were produced and ready to send, and they don't ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... detention of asylum seekers, alcohol, junk foods, pornography, recent significant fines/convictions, human rights & supply chain concerns. In addition, both ETHI and FAIR are the first ethical ETFs in the market to include a gender diversity screen ...