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ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of ASX500 companies shows that there are 235 women holding 307 directorship positions, and 233 companies have at least one woman on board. The research note authored by the Reibey Institute noted that women hold 9.5% of ASX500 board positions ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... actions to address the impacts of coal mining on a range of issues from mine rehabilitation to water assessments, long term health impacts to local employment and skills training. Earlier this year, the New South Wales Minerals Council (NSWMC) commissioned ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... unifying framework for those policies, Lyster said. "If you take the human rights framework and break that into occupational health and safety, diversity, gender issues, indigenous issues, privacy, etc., many are doing those things, have policies in ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... better model would be one where workers are specialised in different components of a garment and work in factories without health hazards," the report said. "Such a model would result in better productivity." A better outcome for retailers and their ...

GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... emissions in cities and towns. The supplement also covers areas including building and materials certification and labour health and safety issues. "[The] new guidance will help construction and real estate companies be more transparent about the impacts ...

Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an edge"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... consideration. "We believe there are direct benefits from workplace equality, flexible working arrangements, occupational health and safety policies," she said. "However it's still hard to quantify the impact of these on share prices. Yes, you need to ...

Fuji Xerox Australia reports waste reduction, increase in injury rates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... 93% of parts and equipment manufactures were compliant with the parent company's ethical procurement programme. On the health and safety side, in 2010/2011 the company reviewed its health and safety management and established a national health and safety ...

Skilled labour shortage potentially increases corporate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... including oil and gas, engineering and construction, information and communication technology and healthcare and allied health sectors. "[C]ompanies are finding it increasingly difficult to fill skilled positions in professional and technical fields ...

Mirvac Group net profit up 30%, increased energy savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... savings in 2009. The energy saving measures taken in 2010-2011 resulted in a 2.5% total portfolio energy saving. In its health, safety and wellbeing metrics, Mirvac noted that lost time injury frequency rate had fallen to 8.8 employees and service providers ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... impacted by the company's operations, including impacts to air, water, land, biodiversity and species distribution, human health, energy consumption and waste generation," as well as the potential impact of climate change and carbon pricing as well as ...