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Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... suffer, and he went on to be promoted to chief executive of AMP Capital in Australia. Kate Jenkins, Australian sex discrimination commissioner for the Australian Human Rights Commission, said Szlakowski's story highlights several of the systematic ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Human Rights Council (AHRC) and commissioned by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). AHRC sex discrimination commissioner Kate Jenkins noted that workplace sexual harassment costs the Australian economy an estimated $3.8 billion ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... companies involved in labour and human rights abuses, unethical supply chains, fossil fuels, animal cruelty, gender discrimination, tobacco, gambling, palm oil, controversial weaponry, or have a recent track record of environmental damage, or excessive ...

Rainmaker tracks gender diversity of ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... identify as women. "HESTA has policies and procedures in place that ensure that employment practices are free from discrimination and that a workplace culture of diversity, inclusion and safety is fostered and maintained." HESTA is the leader of 40:40 ...

Class linked to experience of inclusion at work: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
People who self-identified as coming from lower class backgrounds experience more exclusion, discrimination and harassment at work than people from higher classes, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). DCA recently released Class ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... complaints in a year. "What we found was that two thirds of complaints concerned discriminatory employment practices or discrimination in the delivery of goods and services. Two thirds of matters that really concern Australians - fair access to work ...

Baptist World Aid Australia rates fashion companies on human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... companies have created policies addressing gender inequality in the supply chain, including a strategy addressing discrimination faced by women, and 15% more companies now have robust remediation plans to redress child or forced labour if it is found ...

ACSI finalist for 2018 Human Rights Business Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... standards, including advocacy around the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, supply chain sourcing, gender discrimination, whistleblower protections and wage fraud. "By increasing awareness of human rights risks, advocating for improved protections ...

Male carers face "career trap" for seeking flexible working: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Men who want to work flexibly "face high levels of discrimination," according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA has published the DCA-Suncorp Inclusion@Work Index, which coincided with ...

Improved disclosure in fashion supply chain: Baptist World Aid Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... policies and strategies, noting that only 22% "had both a policy and a strategy to address gender inequality and discrimination in their supply chain." The report noted that tracing raw materials remains a significant challenge, "with just 7% of companies ...