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ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... through things like Ruggie's guidance, conversations with companies on how they manage human rights issues such as supply chain compliance, dealing with bribery and corruption issues, and basic compliance with Australian law." But Woods said that particularly ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Nine companies have begun testing a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) assessing operational and reputational risks associated with labour and human rights factors in corporate supply chains. The KPIs have been developed with the Fair Labor Association ...

ETI to focus on collaborative supply chain initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... consumer goods", have identified supply chains within each category and will develop work programs for each category's supply chain. "Central to our thinking is a recognition of the need to tackle the underlying causes, not the symptoms, of poor working ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... towards integration NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... also listed leadership and talent development as, minimising their environmental footprint and influencing their supply chain as other material issues. Optus generated operating revenue of AU$9.28bn in the 2010/2011 fiscal year, an increase of 4% from ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... practices, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The CDP conducted a pilot study with agricultural CDP supply chain members, asking the supply chain members to survey their potato and tomato suppliers. The CDP Agriculture Supply Chain pilot ...

Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... is called ESCAS which is one of those great works to come out of Canberra which actually stands for the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System. It documented everything we were doing in the first place." The new export licensing system put in place by ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank and Rabobank are the first two banks to endorse a financial sector declaration to address the use of natural capital by businesses. NAB has become a signatory of the Natural Capital Declaration, which affirms the importance of ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The social and environmental supply chain policies and disclosures of ASX-listed companies has come under renewed scrutiny, with Net Balance concluding ASX100 companies do not uniformly disclose those supply chain impacts, and the Australian Council ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... in industry, the average company in the modern economy is now more reliant upon intangible assets to create value: supply chain management, resource efficiency, product innovation, community reputation and ability to access new markets to name a few. ...