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Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... those risks. "What we're encouraging investors to do is join the dots as what they see as [corporate social responsibility] CSR on the one hand, and what the practices are as international companies on the other," said Helen Szoke, Oxfam Australia chief ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... to do with good governance and human rights and these topics but I would like to add one very important factor and that is CSR - that means social aspects, of core labour standards, the environment, all this package of necessities, in order to have a ...

GRI, UN Global Compact renew partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Compact's COP with guidance on how to link their sustainability disclosure to potential sustainable development goals. Meanwhile, CSR Europe and GRI have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding. The two groups will exchange information in support ...

Australian boards struggling with climate change adaptation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the report said that corporate boards need to reframe climate change risk, moving from a corporate social responsibility (CSR) remit and into a key strategic issue. "The large corporate and transnationals are so far ahead and the oil, gas and mining ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Teachers Mutual Bank in a statement. "Achievement of Gold status shows that we are a responsible business and that, for us, CSR is built-in, not bolted on. "As a mutual bank, we believe that profit has a purpose. In the past 12 months, we've continued ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... rather than getting written off. Companies like AGL and Origin now regard this practice as a positive and is included in their CSR reports. We also invest in those two companies as do other responsible investors. More broadly, I see an opportunity in ...

UN Global Compact, GRI most cited CSR instruments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) are the most frequently recognised corporate social responsibility (CSR) instrument, according to a survey by the European Commission. The European Commission surveyed public CSR statements of ...

ACCSR to teach master class at GRI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... great opportunity to contribute ACCSR's insights and experience to global discussions on corporate social responsibility (CSR) thinking and practice, particularly during the launch of the G4 guidelines," Black said. The master class will be drawn from ...

ACCSR conference tackles practice of responsible leadership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
It is the goal of sustainability practitioners to establish corporate social responsibility (CSR) to provide the company with processes and responsibilities to respond resiliently to both everyday interactions and to the extraordinary situations that ...

ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Lack of organisational buy-in or commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the greatest single obstacle to its success, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR)'s annual review. The ACCSR's The State ...