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CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Equities Core fund listed executive remuneration, corporate governance, issues relating to staffing and safety and supply chain as related to social and environmental issues as key issues for 2013 in its report. See Also: Colonial First State GAM to ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... these sorts of issues, like coal, climate change etc and then is the super fund able to engage with the investment supply chain these sorts of issues? It's very early days because in Australia we haven't seen, at least, a huge response from either side. ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... lagging end on policy from our Asian neighbours. Those companies with long thin supply chains generally had good supply chain management and then also good climate change adaptation." The three firms that carried out the research engaged with senior ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... certified Indigenous business, Australian Disability Enterprises, women-owned business and social enterprises into the supply chain. NAB incorporated two Indigenous suppliers. One area that the bank labelled as progress ongoing was the area of addressing ...

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... efficiency and reducing cost of operations and its impacts"; and enabling local cluster development - "activating the supply chain to enable growth and productivity". Net Balance advises clients on CSV, and decided to test whether there is a connection ...

GRI and IIRC sign agreement for closer cooperation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... strategy encompassing all of its capital - including its people, the natural resources it uses, and the integrity of its supply chain." Both GRI and IIRC have a shared view of the evolution of corporate reporting, in which integrated reporting and sustainability ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... chains, but only 28% of suppliers report having a target for emissions reductions. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Supply Chain's fifth information request was sent to more than 6,000 suppliers on behalf of 52 of 54 supply chain members. CDP received ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... industry-specific and with a focus to long-term value creation. The yearbook is in its tenth year, and RobecoSAM noted that supply chain management has seen "vast improvement" in that time, with more companies recognising the need to look outside their ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... specialist sustainability organisations. The merger will see both entities increase the range of their sustainability supply chain consulting services across private and government organisations in Australia. The merger was recently finalised and follows ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... brand and the trust Woollies wants to attain. After the three-page Woollies app ad, we hit the issues listed above. Supply chain issues are so touchy with Coles and Woolworths that both have met fierce opposition in country towns when looking to open ...