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ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... the 2014 Summit, was a key outcome for the Australian Presidency. In May 2016 the government announced at the UK Anti-Corruption Summit that it would explore, via public consultation, options for a beneficial ownership register for companies." Implementing ...

Three lessons when assessing ESG risks: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... corporate governance Provider 3 The picture was uniformly negative. This included concerns about audits, internal controls, corruption, anti-competitive behaviours. The data was markedly more extensive and detailed than that provided by the other data ...

UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... leaders on key issues such as sustainable development, climate change, human rights, modern slavery and anti-bribery/corruption." Bennett was managing director at Blackrock and head of the Blackrock group investment stewardship team for the APAC region ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... on mitigating the risk of the pandemic on operations in a manner that does not increase the prevalence of bribery or corruption." Petersen calls sustainability professionals the "linchpin" to the company. "If you are there for embedding sustainability ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... standard around the world, so we'll look at that." The circular economy, data privacy and cybersecurity, and bribery and corruption risk will also be issues under consideration for Ausbil, plus sexual harassment in workplaces. "Sexual harassment - that's ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... methodology "We are looking at human rights and political relations/government relations, because of the susceptibility to corruption," Thwing Eastman said. "The issues with GEO Group and Core Civic are not limited to these two, but also extends to other ...

ACSI report finds gaps in ASX200 codes of conduct, whistleblowing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... defined 13 risks covered in ASX50 codes of conduct as EEO/non-discrimination, safety, gifts, environment, bribery, fraud/corruption, conflict of interest, bulling, human rights, anti-competition/anti-trust, AML/CTF, data protection/cybercrime, and fair ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... found that the inverse relationship didn't hold true for all categories - "two categories float to the top: Bribery and Corruption and Water Releases. They are relatively common and high impact, and should be of special significance for investors," Sustainalytics ...

Vigeo Eiris assesses "ongoing, serious" misconduct cases in global banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... executive remuneration, examining how remuneration policies incentivise ethical conduct by senior executives; prevention of corruption and money laundering, and information to customers - training and awareness raising about responsible marketing for ...

Australian, NZ organisations consider impacts of bribery, corruption: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... and New Zealand organisations recognise the reputational, financial and cultural risks of incidents of bribery and corruption, their response to managing those risks are "slow, compared to others worldwide," according to Deloitte. Deloitte Australian ...