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Climate change, human rights risks intertwined: GCNA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... the communities in which they operate, and is also intertwined with human rights, according to Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA). Kylie Porter, GCNA executive director GCNA, the local network of the United Nations Global Compact, has published ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... group advisor human rights at Rio Tinto, and is a board member and chair, human rights of the Global Compact Network Australia. "Pillar 2 of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is all about the business responsibility to ...

Business has role to play in protecting human rights: Gillian Triggs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... former president of the Australian Human Rights Commission Triggs gave a keynote speech at the UN Global Compact Network Australia's Inaugural Conference in Melbourne this week. The conference's overarching theme was Rebuilding Trust in Corporate America ...

Video: Responsible Investment Coming of Age - Full Panel Discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... expert opinions from Michael Salvatico, Executive Director, MSCI; Alice Cope, Executive Manager Global Compact Network Australia; James Wright, Chief Investment Officer, JBWere and Simon O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer, Responsible Investment Association ...

Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... key reason for business involvement in the SDGs, according to Alice Cope executive manager, UN Global Compact Network Australia. Alice Cope, executive manager, Global Compact Network Australia Cope recently spoke during a webinar organised by MSCI to ...

Government launches inquiry investigating need for Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... legislation comparable to the United Kingdom's Modern Slavery Act 2015. Alice Cope, executive manager, Global Compact Network Australia The Foreign Affairs and Aid Sub-Committee of the Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... NAB as well but was unable to speak with them before deadline. On the 7 th of September, The Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA) released the CEO Statement of Support for the Sustainable Development Goals. The statement was an initiative resulting ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... moderated by The Sustainability Report. The panel included Alice Cope, executive manager of the UN Global Compact Network Australia, Peter Murphy, CEO of Christian Super, Ian Woods, head of ESG Investment research at AMP Capital Investors and Michael ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... by a wide variety of stakeholders on all side of the process. Alice Cope, executive manager, Global Compact Network Australia The SDGs are a set of 17 goals to "end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all" over the next 15 years. The ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Rachel Alembakis, publisher, The Sustainability Report; Alice Cope, executive manager of the UN Global Compact Network Australia. Missing from photo: Ian Woods, head of ESG Investment research at AMP Capital Investors A panel of experts discussed how ...