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Mirvac to build industrial estate with sustainability features

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... to turn on all the lights in the warehouse all day long, it's a benefit to the tenant. However, features such as flexible work environment and the landscaping and the domain, the break-out areas, that's taking what we're advocating in the commercial ...

Workplace diversity a driver of innovation: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... strategy with measurable objectives and make people accountable for achieving them. Take advantage of smart and flexible work technologies and make them available to men and women across all levels of your organisation. Address biases in recruitment ...

ACSI calls for better ASX disclosure of mental health and safety

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
More than 90% of ASX200 financial companies and 75% of mining and utilities companies have commitments to workplace mental health and safety, but barely one third publicly disclose information on the effectiveness of those programs, according to research ...

Diversity Council Australia urges employer action in 2015

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... in 2015. "I think sometimes people are surprised," she said. "If you created organisational skills for creating flexible work careers, these skills are open to other areas of diversity and open up your mind where things deviate from the status quo. These ...

Westpac number one on global sustainability list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... target of having 50% women in leadership roles by 2017. In 2013, more than 60% of respondents used some form of flexible work arrangement, up from 18% in 2010, while employees spent 423 weeks' worth of time sharing skills with Indigenous organisations ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group's 2013 annual review and sustainability report benchmarks the banking group's performance against financial, social and environmental indicators based on its new sustainability strategy announced in February. The bank reported 2013 cash ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has focused on three priority areas in its 2013-2017 sustainability strategy -responding to shifts in demographic and cultural change, creating economic solutions to environmental challenges, and helping customers achieve sustainable financial ...

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... babies, and it's women who take time off to take their parents to the doctors, one of our strategies is to focus on flexible work strategies for all. My best example in that regard is one of our work group leaders, an equity partner, works three days ...

Henry Davis York reports increase in pro bono, energy and travel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... 2.5 times the national average of depression. Meanwhile, Henry Davis York also noted initiatives to evaluate its flexible work practices showed that there was more clarity around policy and procedure, improved fairness and consistency of approach and ...

CSL, NAB recognised for advancing women in the workplace

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... recognised by Minister for the Status of Women Kate Ellis for its commitment to creating and sustaining a diverse and flexible work-based childcare service for employees. CSL was given the Minister's Award at the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace ...