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First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Sentier Investors will report its Modern Slavery statement by the end of September 2020, in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2018. The toolkit was developed to equip the firm with the ability to manage that process,noted Kate Turner, responsible ...

Government appoints Modern Slavery Expert Advisory Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... expertise in combating modern slavery." The group will advise government on the implementation of Australia's Modern Slavery Act and help to encourage businesses to eradicate human rights abuses from their supply chains. "The Expert Advisory Group is ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... slavery in supply chains, opening up investor and business risk as well as questions about compliance with Modern Slavery Act reporting. Earlier this week, Assistant Minister for Customs, Community Safety and Multicultural Affairs Jason Wood MP announced ...

Advisers discuss new era of advice, ethical considerations: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the momentum is pushing towards ESG. "ASIC have upgraded their climate risk disclosure levels, we have the Modern Slavery Act, so I think that there's already this pull from regulatory and... a push from client demand," Brown said. "Larry Fink announced ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... property companies can use when developing their Modern Slavery statements in accordance with the Australian Modern Slavery Act. "This is a way of trying to look at the information and look at not just what do we know about our suppliers and what they ...

GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... GCNA will use the grant to build awareness and capacity of Australian businesses to respond to the Australian Modern Slavery Act's reporting requirements "with a focus on strengthening remediation processes including company-run grievance mechanisms," ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... and unfortunately I would say they're in the majority, but there are also a group of companies that see the Modern Slavery Act as a natural expansion of what they do, and companies that have visibility and control of the supply chain, because that's ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... has been engaging strongly with clients on human rights-related issues, prompted by the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act. Often, discussions of modern slavery risks are becoming wider discussions of human rights issues in operations and supply ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... context of climate risk, mitigation and physical risk. Cromwell is also focusing on its reporting required by the Modern Slavery Act. Cromwell and 14 other Australian property developers have joined an initiative organised by the Property Council of ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... given the events of the last 12 months." The first year of reporting on modern slavery exposures as part of the Modern Slavery Act may also influence response around supply chain concerns. In the 2019 report, when asked "what best describes our approach ...