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Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... integrate sustainability criteria into contracts for external suppliers and service providers, and almost 90% provide employee training and education. More broadly, the global GRESB respondents reported over 45,000 GW and energy expenditures, with costs ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories say that executive remuneration, climate change and supply chain labour standards are "priority areas of engagement" with invested companies in the next year. These areas of engagement ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... the fact that Bangladeshi factories have lower productivity ratios than Chinese factories, employ more supervisors per employee and have higher fixed costs. "[O]ur analysis shows that Bangladeshi factories are typically more suitable for large-volume ...

GRI opens comment on anti-corruption, GHG guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is asking for public comment on its G4 draft guidance for anti-corruption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting. GRI is currently developing the next generation of its sustainability reporting guidelines ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... are most sustainable when the strategy underpinning them, and their progress, are well understood. Sentiment from the employee focus groups conducted for this review highlights there is substantial opportunity to further engage and involve employees ...

Australian Ethical appoints Russell for administration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Super has appointed Russell Investments for administration, with the mandate to begin in March 2013. Russell cited its focus on member services, use of technology and ability for clients to access the Bravura Sonata application systems ...

ASX report shows companies' progress on gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
More than half of 211 ASX-listed companies have established a gender diversity policy as recommended by ASX Principle 3, according to a KPMG survey commissioned by the ASX. Ruth Medd The ASX survey showed that 61% of the 211 companies established gender ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... board with a new slate including Xirakis, Thier, Penelope Le Couteur, Suzanne Jones, and Stephen Hyam, another former employee. The dissident group also sought to remove managing director Phil Vernon from his position. Vernon said he was "quite pleased" ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The percentage of women on ASX200 boards has risen to 13.9%, but it is the state-owned corporations of Queensland and South Australia that have the highest representation of women on boards, with 38.4% and 49.1%, respectively, according to the latest ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... between 2009-2011 have human rights codes. "Approximately one-third have a complaint mechanism process (34%) or assess employee performance (31%), with far less utilizing operational guidance notes (22%) or impact assessments (12%)," the UN Global Compact ...