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Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... voluntary actions to promote and advance human rights. They include collective bargaining, forced labour and non-discrimination. It is a voluntary initiative, but one that is growing. Our companies are required to report. It's not a compliance initiative ...

ACCSR: Companies lack strategies to manage human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... efforts where they have direct operational control, such as a high importance on occupational health and safety, non-discrimination and diversity and inclusion. Many businesses have aspiration and commitment to address human rights impacts down the supply ...

Government retains gender equity reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... the non-manager occupational categories. The working group will include outgoing WGEA Director Helen Conway, Sex Discrimination Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick, Kate Carnell, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dianne Smith-Gander ...

DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... limited by what I describe as the soft bigotry of low expectations," said Graeme Innes, former Australian disability discrimination commissioner and chair of the Attitude Foundation, who is a lawyer by training and has been blind since birth. "We don't ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... policy, but only 23% reported human rights in operational guidance notes. Within the labour sector, 83% reported non-discrimination policy, 78% reported equal opportunity, 77% reported freedom to form and join trade unions and 66% had a policy against ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... direct employees, measuring disclosure across LHR indicators, finding high levels of reporting into prohibition of discrimination and health and safety and low levels of disclosure of other LHR standards. The 2012 report also found that CS and CD companies ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne The report found that companies were most likely to disclose policies prohibiting discrimination and occupational health and safety, which were disclosed 86% and 90% of the time respectively across all sectors. ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Under Australian law, corporations have legal obligations around a variety of human rights issues such as anti-discrimination, respect for privacy and native title that directly derive from international human rights law, Nicolson pointed out. Furthermore ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... materials within the human rights policy and commitments to "ensure fair and safe working conditions, eliminate discrimination and harassment, improve employee engagement, promote freedom of association, and eliminate all forms of child, forced or compulsory ...

Westpac targets 40 percent women in senior management by 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... are aligned. We also ensure they have documented workforce diversity objectives - and equal opportunity and anti-discrimination, harassment and bullying policies." Westpac has been named named one of 98 "employers of choice for women" by the Equal Opportunity ...
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