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Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility joins Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... and issues and measuring social licence; social sustainability strategy - developing or refining strategy for incorporating CSR, human rights, and sustainability into business plans and practices particularly through enhanced stakeholder engagement. ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... the global banking and financial services sector and found that while nearly three quarters of banks in their sample report CSR risks in their internal controls, "less than 40% have strong processes in place to manage those risks." Vigeo Eiris analysed ...

Majority of Australian participants want mandatory sustainability reporting: ACCSR survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility ACCSR's Annual Review of the State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand 2017 had 1,215 respondents, a 12% increase on 2016. Of the Australian respondents to the survey ...

MSCI benchmarks Australian companies against SDG revenue generation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... noted. "Of the 18 that we identified as having revenue from sustainable impact activities, 17 of those 18 had some sort of CSR reporting, with the majority having CDP and 11 out of the 18 using GRI to report on sustainable activity," Ellis said. "This ...

Bribery and corruption cited as sustainability engagement theme for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... prudent risk management." ACCSR will continue to focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in its annual State of CSR Review. "The SDGs will continue to be very important for all kinds of organisations," Black said. "We expect some transition ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... management". In the same line of thought, NAB, the biggest agri-business bank, wrote in ACCSR's Annual Review of the State of CSR in Australia, that they focus on Goal 2 - Zero Hunger and Goal 15 - Life on Land. ANZ targeted economic growth through their ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian companies do see this better than other companies in Asia. This is a strategic issue. It's not just producing a CSR report, which is what a lot of companies see as a cost. If it's done properly, it's not a cost. It's communicating issues about ...

Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... goals, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s 8 th Annual Review of the State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand. Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility This year's ...

ASX companies report shared value strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... that they're seeking to support," Steel said. "I think that's a reflection on traditional [corporate social responsibility] CSR. Companies use CSR to project themselves as good citizens. They are as much to do with what the CEO or members of the board ...

Expert panel discusses CSR practices in action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Innovation in corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices can lead to outcomes including retention of staff, creation of new value for shareholders, mitigation of risks, and more efficient allocation of capital, according a panel of experts speaking ...