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ACCSR reports on state of corporate social responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... outcomes of CSR initiatives. Addressing human rights within the sphere of influence and working to combat business corruption were the least nominated challenges, at 27% and 17% respectively. For the first time, ACCSR also surveyed New Zealand for its ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... only 15% of organisations surveyed by KPMG see fraud as a key risk. Gary Gill "People don't take fraud, bribery and corruption seriously enough, until the situation actually arises," said Gary Gill, KPMG's national head of forensic. "People say yes ...

OECD criticises low enforcement of foreign bribery law

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... appropriate. The OECD did highlight positive aspects of Australia's efforts, pointing to Australia's first national anti-corruption plan that should be adopted at the end of this year, an experts panel that has been established to advise the AFP's foreign ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... address those issues. Other issues that institutional investors identified include: water, human rights, bribery and corruption, unconventional fuels, which the PRI identifies as oil sands, fracking and deepwater drilling, local communities/indigenous ...

GRI opens comment on anti-corruption, GHG guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is asking for public comment on its G4 draft guidance for anti-corruption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting. GRI is currently developing the next generation of its sustainability reporting guidelines ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... structures don't meet general corporate governance standards. As for other issues, such as human rights, bribery, and corruption, they are issues, particularly for companies operating in Africa. We want an understanding of how they're training their ...

Transparency International publishes anti-corruption report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The largest publicly traded multinational companies have increased their reporting on anti-corruption programmes, but more needs to be done to improve transparency, according to a report by Transparency International (TI). TI ranked 105 of the world's ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... policies of GPs.... In Asia, compliance and ESG is an issue because people are worried about the tangible parts of ESG - corruption, and what happens if things go wrong environmentally. There is an awareness for that reason. In the EU, there is a higher ...

Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... approach working group, Simon Miller of World Vision International and Christiane Meyer of Banarra are on the anti-corruption working group, and Robyn Leeson of the Net Balance Foundation is on the technical advisory committee.

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... the country, labour market freedoms, and on the governance side it's things like financial transparency, the level of corruption, how fair the judicial/penal system is, respect for political and civil rights. That goes along side out standard measure ...