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China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... change commitments is driven by moral considerations and domestic considerations as well - Qi Ye said that public health and safety issues around air pollution and health have become social and political issues in China. "[It is] a social problem and ...

UCA Funds Management to convert funds to MIS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... shop that's as social enterprise that's run by a church with a big sign out front saying, beware - the same health and safety standards that apply to the coffee shop down the road don 't apply here [because] we're a church-owned enterprise." Registering ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... are not diversified in their projects, Vernon noted. In that same vein, Vernon also touched on occupational health and safety (OH&S), a management issue in its own right, but also an issue that impacts on things like social license to operate. "You have ...

ACSI calls for better ASX disclosure of mental health and safety

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... of ASX200 financial companies and 75% of mining and utilities companies have commitments to workplace mental health and safety, but barely one third publicly disclose information on the effectiveness of those programs, according to research published ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... momentum behind making gender diversity a governance concern to other governance issues such as occupational health and safety. "The issue is now becoming far more mainstream," she said. "It's becoming one they can't ignore, like health and safety. People ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... and applying those concepts to E and S issues." "For example, in the E and S space, you could fit occupational health and safety in under the social as part of it and include it in the OFR," Chioatto said. "Every company in the extractive industry sees ...

Sedex Global partners with World Bank Institute on platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... sustainable supply chain data that allows suppliers to share performance with buyers in areas such as labour, health and safety, environment and business ethics, will develop content for the platform. OpenCorporates, which has the world's largest open ...

PRI, GRESB agree to closer collaboration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... management and will help grow the PRI's US network. Prior to her hire, Mahida worked as part of the environmental, health and safety team at Hess, a US oil and gas company. She has also been vice president of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), managing ...

AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... value is made up of intangible drivers which are not always found in financial statements, such as occupational health and safety performance, corporate culture and supply chain management, Carlsson-Sweeny said in the paper. "The proportion of a company's ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... perspective." Carlsson-Sweeny also evaluated companies in the retail sector based on their reporting around occupational health and safety (OHS) risks. The retail sector as a whole underperforms on OHS in terms of both disclosure and performance, Carlsson-Sweeny ...