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Fast fashion industry facing sustainability "inflection point": Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... Carlsson-Sweeny points to labour and wage risks in the supply chain for the garment sector, such as poor freedom of association and the gap between actual wages and living wages in China, Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. China has "come a long way ...

Mirvac launches social return on investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Mirvac Group has developed a framework and tool to measure social return on investment (SROI) for the developments it builds, and has calculated that its residential communities save residents in reduced health costs and reduced crime. Sarah Breavington ...

Workplace diversity a driver of innovation: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Workplace diversity and inclusion are drivers of innovation, according to Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia Picking up on the release of the government's National Innovation and Science Agenda, DCA pressed ...

AODP, ClientEarth to challenge funds on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... their positive approach to assessing and mitigating these risks. However, many funds are failing to take any steps, and the gap between the best and the worst is widening. Those funds which are falling behind may be in breach of their legal duties."

Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Sedex Global and OpenCorporates will partner with the World Bank Institute to develop the Open Supply Chain Platform, an initiative aimed at companies' transparency and performance in responsible supply chain data. The Open Supply Chain Platform will ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... transparency and accountability. If companies are going to enhance their brand and reputation by committing to closing the gap or reconciliation, if you're going to have the upside, you have to be accountable. Self-regulation isn't far enough for Indigenous ...

Addis, Blackburn-Wright open impact investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Sandy Blackburn-Wright, former head of social innovation for Westpac, and Rosemary Addis, former social innovation strategist at the Australian Department of Education Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), have launched a company that will consult ...

IIRC asks investors to critique pilot integrated reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... associated with key milestones and targets, continue to look beyond the short and medium term to a longer term horizon, close the gap between strategy and risks, governance and future value creation, [and] identify assumptions associated with longer ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than a third of Australian consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... high reliance on nuclear energy and the bad debt situation. Japan is an interesting one. Demographics come into play - the gap between young and the old isn't great. And also governance - Japan doesn't weigh well on governance issues, either. There are ...