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Companies, CEOs, chairs seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... the banking, finance and insurance sector, and politicians at every level of government as unethical, according to a new Ethics Index released by the Governance Institute of Australia. Steven Burrell, chief executive, The Governance Institute The Governance ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... that their investments are above a certain level of behaviour. They'll come at tax transparency from the point of view of ethics, wanting to see their invested companies as responsible corporate citizens." "The third group are the investors that want ...

VicSuper establishes Climate Change Steering Committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... members saying. Once we've had that workshop we'll know where we stand and how we respond. VicSuper has engaged the St James Ethics Centre to facilitate workshop session and will use the centre's decision-making framework for the process, Simpson said. ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Strengthening asset owner competency and capability on ESG and systemic risk issues Strengthening industry culture around ethics Observing consumer primacy Redefining default investment options

VicSuper publishes annual report using GRI, IR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... investments, integrating environment, social land governance factors into investment, member engagement, product innovation, ethics and financial advice, financial education and advice, digital innovation, financial management and performance, governance ...

GRI, federal government, announce Pacific partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... government allocated AU$400,000 to GRL Focal Point Australia, which is the product of a 2008 agreement between the GRI and The Ethics Centre (formerly the St James Ethics Centre). The Focal Point promotes world's best practice reporting of environmental ...

Telstra publishes 2015 Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... suppliers in Australia and overseas, and identified resource use, waste and e-waste, energy efficiency and carbon emissions, ethics, values and governance, human rights, sustainable procurement and conflict minerals as potential sustainability impacts ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... inefficient, and to acknowledge that an energy mix will be needed during the transition period, said Dr Stuart Palmer, head of ethics at Australian Ethical. "Our general approach is that there is not a single silver bullet, but a number of things we ...

GRI appoints Eric Dugelay to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... fiduciary, financial and legal responsibility for the organization. Simon Longstaff, executive director of the St James Ethics Centre, is vice-chairman of the board, representing civil society organisations. This year, GRI adopted a new governance structure ...

Teachers Mutual Bank, NAB on "most ethical" list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... said Steve James, CEO of Teachers Mutual Bank. Companies in Ethisphere Institute's list are ranked on five categories - ethics and compliance programs, which count for 35% of the score, corporate citizenship and responsibility, 20%, culture and ethics ...