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VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
VicSuper has joined 30 other Australian businesses in the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) Trailblazer program. Kirsten Simpson, VicSuper corporate responsibility manager Last year, the federal government appointed Good Shepherd Microfinance to ...

Majority of Australian participants want mandatory sustainability reporting: ACCSR survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
A majority of Australian respondents to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s annual survey said they support mandatory sustainability reporting for all organisations of a certain size. Leeora Black, managing director ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... - Westfield - discussed the governance and financial and non-financial issues facing their companies at the recent Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) annual conference. Panellists speaking at the ACSI conference agreed that the scope ...

Bribery and corruption cited as sustainability engagement theme for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... public disclosure is, as always, a corollary to these questions, and Leeora Black, managing director of the Australian Centre for corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "Reporting is definitely going to continue to evolve and develop," she said. "It'll ...

Engagement a tool for investment stewardship: RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... of Sustainalytics, Trevor Thomas of Ethinvest, Michael Walsh of UCA Funds Management and Howard Pender of the Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility, discussed the means and motivations behind engagements with companies, as well as the impacts ...

Companies aware of Sustainable Development Goals: ACCSR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Development Goals (SDGs) and many are planning strategic partnerships targeting material goals, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s 8 th Annual Review of the State of CSR in Australia and New Zealand. Leeora ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... federal level, donations to candidates, parties or associated entities in excess of $13,000 must be disclosed to the Australian Electoral Commission, which publishes those donations, ACCR noted. 'Own account' federal level campaign expenditure must also ...

Corporates implementing social return on investment frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... the activities measured focused on the input, rather than the impact, said Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "Generally speaking, most things don't get measured which is not good, and of those ...

Social license to operate key to achieving sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... infrastructure projects on four continents in nine languages. He will be teaching a workshop on the topic with the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) in April. "A lot of stakeholder mapping exercises are categorising, and some ...

RobecoSAM hires ACCSR for engagement over assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
RobecoSAM has engaged the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) for a campaign to encourage more listed Australian companies to complete its Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). Leeora Black, managing director, Australian ...