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Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
There are structural issues with the ways in which companies handle sexual harassment complaints which inherently discriminate against victims, the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference has heard. During a session, Julia Szlakowski ...

Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... HESTA's leadership in responsible investing. "Rio Tinto's destruction of the Juukan Gorge caves and the AMP sexual harassment scandal highlight the need for investors to manage environmental, social and governance issues appropriately to protect and ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Only 19% of ASX200 boards have primary accountability for preventing and responding to sexual harassment and it remains unclear who in the company holds accountability, new research shows. The report, Equality across the board: Investing in workplaces ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... the fore. "The other driver is that we've seen a number of corporate scandals whether that's been bullying, sexual harassment, issues brought to light by the Hayne Royal Commission, and these have uncovered a series of events which can have detrimental ...

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 ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... rights issues rising on the agenda for companies and their investors, non-governmental organisations are flagging sexual harassment in garment factories as a source of risk, both in terms of productivity losses and reputational risks for major brands ...

Climate change, modern slavery on ESG engagement agenda: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... and cybersecurity, and bribery and corruption risk will also be issues under consideration for Ausbil, plus sexual harassment in workplaces. "Sexual harassment - that's one of the things that factories audits rarely pick up on," Carlsson-Sweeney noted. ...

Employees in more inclusive workplaces report higher job satisfaction: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Annese also added that the index found that more than one in five Australian workers experienced discrimination or harassment last year alone (22%), with 38% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, Australians with a disability (34%) and Australians ...

DCA sets agenda for diversity and inclusion in 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... underrepresented" in leadership in Australian organisations, and DCA also pointed to continuing problems of discrimination and harassment at work as an ngoing problem. DCA is in the process of conducting research into how gender, cultural identity and ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... health and safety, wages and working conditions, freedom of association and collective bargaining, and discrimination, harassment, physical and sexual violence. Those risks have been highlighted by recent tragedies such as the Rana Plaza textile factory ...