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NZ Super to divest from gun manufacture investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... a small number of individual companies for severe breaches of responsible investment standards, such as the UN Global Compact, "where engagement is unlikely to be, or has not been, effective due to the context of the company's operations or to a lack ...

Companies engage with material human rights issues: BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... are still grappling with," he said. "This is where organisations like WBCSD and BCSD Australia, along with the UN Global Compact and others, are bringing forward the analysis in a twofold aspect, with frameworks and case studies where strategic analysis ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Mohin, chief executive at GRI. The guide is a new reporting framework, but builds on the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards. The guide discourages ...

NZ Super to exclude companies in recreational cannabis industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... a small number of individual companies for severe breaches of responsible investment standards, such as the UN Global Compact, where engagement is unlikely to be effective due to the context of the company's operations or to a lack of responsiveness ...

WBCSD survey finds continued progress in quantity, quality of sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... way than has been present," Petersen said. "That's where the work of SASB and IIRC and GRI s doing with the UN Global Compact on the SDGs, it's going to start reworking what that platform of transparency and disclosure will result in. We may not see ...

Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... opportunities should be a key reason for business involvement in the SDGs, according to Alice Cope executive manager, UN Global Compact Network Australia. Alice Cope, executive manager, Global Compact Network Australia Cope recently spoke during a webinar ...

Government launches inquiry investigating need for Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... their business or supply chain - or to state that no steps have been taken," said Alice Cope, executive manager, UN Global Compact Network Australia. "The statement needs to be approved by the board of directors and signed by a director. So, while the ...

Bribery and corruption cited as sustainability engagement theme for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... early disclosures tend to be the ones with better performance." Black noted that companies that are part of the UN Global Compact have duties to manage bribery and corruption policies and, and that they must be reported on. "A lot of Australian companies ...

Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... direction. We are looking forward to sharing Australian businesses' action on the SDGs globally through the UN Global Compact and its international platforms." Westpac will publish their next Sustainability Report in November and ANZ in December.

EY, UN Global Compact evaluate state of sustainable supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... of the performance, risks and sustainability impacts of their supply chain, according to a new report by the UN Global Compact and EY. While leading companies around the world are creating more sustainable supply chains with significant business benefits ...