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Baptist World Aid Australia rates fashion companies on human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... of production. This dropped to just 2% at raw materials, the report noted. "In terms of workers' rights, thinking about health, welfare, working conditions, the ability to organise and collectively bargain, the median was a D amongst companies surveyed," ...

GRI marks 20th anniversary of first draft guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... GRI Standards allow us to incorporate the most current thinking and set the bar across themes as diverse as occupational health and safety, human rights and water stewardship. For example, we are now working to establish a first global standard for reporting ...

Australia, EU Free Trade Agreement includes SDGs, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... that it engages with in FTAs are fellow travelers when it comes to a number key issues. The SDGs are one area, labour, health, environment and other standards and commitments to climate change, are other areas. "Australia and the EU have committed themselves ...

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... manage beyond first-tier suppliers." The report also outlined potential areas in the healthcare sector. "Most Australian health care companies source their workers and goods from Asia, where low-cost labour is widespread," the report said. "Factories ...

Coles recognised by Marine Stewardship Council for sustainable seafood

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... tuna certified products. There are three principles to the MSC certification process, Gabriel noted. "The first is stock health, such that the fish that they're going after, whether it be abalone, crab, blue grenadier, the goal is to ensure that that ...

Teachers Mutual Bank receives RIAA certification for products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... emergency workers, and from next week we will have a new brand which is looking after nurses and people like that in the health industry. Those are professions that attract ethical, socially responsible people and I think it's important that we be a ...

Zuper Super launches Wealthness hub to educate, engage member base

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... that wealth is dependent on a myriad of different things in your life," said Jess Ellerm, Zuper Super co-founder and CEO. "Health, relationships, mindfulness - not just spend less, save more, but optimise the conditions in your life more generally. It's ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... disability built. However, those metrics didn't provide enough to accurately capture concepts like improving impact on mental health, reliance on welfare, sustainable work/life, Oppes said. For QBE Insurance, which manages the Premiums4Good program ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... damage the environment, you're going to do better, in general," he said. "If you look at tobacco, the damage to public health is an unpriced externality, which is a risk. If you look at governance, we know that diverse teams make better decisions than ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... corruption, as well as the range of human rights exposures." Both GEO Group and Core Civic have been rated poorly for employee health and safety as well, given the higher risk nature of prison security as well as allegations of understaffing at both ...