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British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability, compliance, strategic, ethical, reputation or brand, technological, product or service quality, human capital, financial reporting and market-related risks.

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... over the next 10 years, and that there are not enough workers of similar experience levels to replace them. This human capital management risk poses a threat in terms of both health and safety and delays in projected capital expenditure spending. "There ...

SAM targets 2,500 companies for sustainability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... development of corporate value. The questions cover topics including corporate governance, risk and crisis management, human capital development and the quality of environmental and social reporting. After analysing the data, SAM selects the top 10% ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability, compliance, strategic, ethical, reputation or brand, technological, product or service quality, human capital, financial reporting and market-related risks. For Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability at the AU$6bn Local Government Super ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability, compliance, strategic, ethical, reputation or brand, technological, product or service quality, human capital, financial reporting and market-related risks. The ASX could take an opportunity this year to integrate ESG factors into one ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... and customer safety. For 2011/2012, the company said they would review EME arrangements at 20 sites. In terms of human capital management, Optus employs 10,090 full-time equivalent employees. In 2010/2011, the lost time injury rate fell from 3.31 to ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... for food security." The company has also defined targets of zero food waste to landfill by 2015. In terms of its human capital management, Woolworths disclosed a 30% decrease in LITFR, down to 8.51 for 2011. However, the company had set a target last ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... social and the answers are very mixed." Lunt noted that where managers do consider social risks, it's in the area of human capital management and that more work has to be done because social factors require "fundamental research and more information ...

Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an edge"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... with clients. We try and communicate what specific companies are doing with social issues." Goodland pointed to human capital management as one area of social consideration. "We believe there are direct benefits from workplace equality, flexible working ...

Skilled labour shortage potentially increases corporate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
A shortage in skilled labour in a number of Australian industry sectors means that companies' human capital management (HCM) programmes are an important component in risk management, according to a report by Regnan Governance Research. Skills shortage ...