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Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... people are joining the consumer class, and that puts pressures on company practices, whether it's producing clothing in Bangladesh or producing cars in china. There are a billion or more people joining this class of consumption, and we see that as a ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... The research found there are 25 crop and country pairs that are most exposed to water risks, such as paddy rice in Bangladesh and in India, cotton in India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, sugar cane and sugar beet in Bangladesh and India, and ...

Addressing the human crisis of climate change displacement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Displacement is based on field work from countries where climate-change-based displacement is already occurring, including Bangladesh, Fiji, Kiribati, Panama, Papua New Guinea, and Tuvalu. Leckie is executive director of global NGO Displacement Solutions ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Although work is underway in Bangladesh to improve the fire and building safety of factories in an attempt to prevent further tragedies such as 2012's Rana Plaza factory collapse, Australian retailers that source apparel from Bangladeshi suppliers are ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... corporate governance and remuneration. "You can find long term risks and opportunities - we have previously spoken of Bangladesh and Rana Plaza," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "Rana Plaza could have happened at any time - it's hard to predict when the catalyst ...

Kmart, Pacific Brands increase Bangladesh disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
Kmart's decision to publish the locations of its supplier factories in Bangladesh has been welcomed as a new level of transparency around supply chain risk. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital Target, which, like Kmart, is owned by Wesfarmers, will follow ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... supply chain issues have sprung to the forefront of public concern in the wake of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, which killed over 1,100 people. Retailers have made some improvements - the AMP Capital paper notes that Kmart, Target ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... research on supply chains emphasizes the need for good risk management when outsourcing to emerging markets such as Bangladesh and Cambodia. This research has led to focused engagement with Australian retailers, Halliday said. There are also times when ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has signed the Investor Statement on Bangladesh, joining more than 190 shareholders and investors which are calling on brands and retailers to implement the core labour standard of the International Labor Organisation (ILO). ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... ACSI found that imports from some LDCs have increased in significant percentages between 2006 and 2012 - imports from Bangladesh have increased 15 times, imports from Cambodia have increased six-fold and from Vietnam 2.7 times. This is the third time ...