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Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... is expected to arrive in the very near future. It's not surprising that discussions around trust and social license to operate continue to dominate in this first part of 2019. "The big push into 2019 is what we saw turning out to the end of last year ...

ASX adds social license to operate, TCFD to corporate governance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... recommendations for how listed companies disclose environmental and social sustainability risks, including social license to operate and greater guidance on carbon risk. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO The ASX Corporate Governance Council is consulting for ...

Australian CSR professionals appear unprepared for Modern Slavery Act: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... business to examine the risks to their operations and supply chain. "It increasingly will impinge on social license to operate," she said. "It's about people, stakeholders' acceptance or approval of an organisation's practices, and as expectations about ...

Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... "One theme is responsible finance - banks and insurance companies which fundamentally understand they have a license to operate. Their job is to support the real economy to sell products and services that are easy to understand. Our strong preference ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance launches Speckle, online cash-loan service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Speckle is able to keep its fees low because it is a non-profit. Good Shepherd Microfinance took out a banking license to operate Speckle, and is backed by longtime partner NAB. "Part of what we're doing here, is that we've heard for years and years ...

Peering into the sustainability crystal ball for 2018 - what lies ahead?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... superannuation. "That will focus the Australian market on issues like culture, but also really involves social license to operate and the expectations of the community on what business has as its purpose," O'Connor said. "This is a big discussion that ...

ACSI publishes revised Governance Guidelines, includes new ESG themes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... sector is providing an example of what happens when problems in your corporate culture leads to loss of social license to operate. The Panama Papers is leading to more questions about who is paying tax where." The guidelines have also expanded on topics ...

Transparency around tax payments continues to be issue: CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... conversation is shifting to consider the risks of tax minimisation as an issue impacting negatively on social license to operate. "Public perception is what's starting to bite," Leske said. "The expectation is that companies will be positive actors in ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... the banking and financial services sectors around the world undermine trust in markets and threaten banks' license to operate, according to global research from corporate social responsibility rating agency Vigeo Eiris. Vigeo Eiris recently conducted ...

Directors speak to evolving, expanding role of corporate boards at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... expectations of openness and transparency in engagement, and increased emphasis on maintaining trust and social license to operate having as much importance as financial return. A panel of directors - Paula Dwyer, chairman of Tabcorp Holdings Limited ...