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Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... within companies as well. Rosshandler pointed to research done within Karma Currency's users that demonstrated that employees making charitable donations had higher levels of workplace satisfaction. He also suggested that using Karma Currency gift vouchers ...

Managing regulatory impacts priority for CSR practitioners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... commitments to international standards/ frameworks, risk reduction and enhancing ability to attract and retain best employees and business partners. ACCSR's fifth annual review is based on responses from 335 CSR managers. "Developing new products, services ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
GESB, the AU$12bn superannuation fund for Western Australia public sector employees, will drop its MY plan - Responsible Investments Australian Shares option from March 2012. GESB launched the investment option in 2007, and it is managed by AMP Capital ...

KPMG: companies should review anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... whistle-blowing arrangements are happening. Australian organisations may have whistle-blowing arrangements in Australia, but employees might be operating elsewhere and the arrangements there may not be as developed as the arrangements in Australia. The ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Street movement, these things impact the social license to operate, if the CEO is being paid 500 times the average pay of employees. " This will be a topic of engagement for Wilson, who says that companies aren't always "willing" to talk about remuneration ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... centres, construction sites and offices, and hired roughly double that number as independent contractors. For directly employees, the company's lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) was 5.05, while its LITFR was 10.0 for contractors. In terms of its ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... review EME arrangements at 20 sites. In terms of human capital management, Optus employs 10,090 full-time equivalent employees. In 2010/2011, the lost time injury rate fell from 3.31 to 2.49. Optus also rolled out a program to encourage employees to ...

CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... have a stand-alone detailed policy. The policy details a "zero-tolerance" approach to acts of bribery and corruption by employees, officials or third party reputation, and linked the policy to the fact that in addition to being morally wrong, bribery ...

Sunshine Coast TAFE certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... in Nambour, Mooloolaba, Maroochydore and Noosa, where over 300 teachers and trainers are supported by 250 corporate employees servicing 17,000 students. The Carbon Neutral Program is a voluntary scheme which certifies products or business operations ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... dividing by the total hours worked in the accounting period. Woolworths has instituted a number of training programs for employees. Woolworths also launched its RAP in June 2011. "The RAP is our formal commitment to assisting in closing the gap between ...