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Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... I've also seen great engagement by companies around developing supply chains, so again in the Philippines a major food retailer has invested in some of the poorer communities to supply vegetables to their food operations. They've chosen to do this to ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Companies and shareholders who focus on the short-term may be sacrificing tomorrow's growth for today's gain, according to AMP Capital's biannual corporate governance report. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance manager In addition to reporting ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Repealing Australia's emissions trading scheme would reduce renewable energy production and retail electricity customers would likely face higher prices, according to a report released by WWF-Australia. Graphic courtesy of WWF-Australia The report finds ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) asserting that Australian consumer discretionary and consumer retailer companies do not have adequate risk management and mitigation policies around supply chain labour and human rights practices. ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... both to ASX-listed companies and, by extension, their investors. Reputational damage might affect consumer behaviour, a retailer might feel obligated to provide compensation or relief funding, or might face liability, and investors that apply ESG valuations ...

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Fund managers and analysts are reassessing Australian retailer's supply chain management as a result of the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh last month. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital The factory collapse, which has left more ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... 100KW solar photovoltaic (PV) array application, Pangolin Associates said. RM Williams, the clothes manufacturer and retailer, has espoused a culture of sustainability, something that is integrated into business operations and assisted in the update ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... grassroots community organisation GetUp! orchestrated the push for an extraordinary general meeting to put a motion to retailer Woolworths Limited to put $1 maximum bet limits on the poker machines they operate. At the November EGM, only 2.5% of shareholders ...

The hidden movement: how responsible brands strike back

STEPHEN HALE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... more about responsibility that green credentials. If you don't believe me, just ask the channel. The world's biggest retailer's goal is to 'Sell products that sustain people and the environment'. Thank you Mr Walmart.

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... example, the first substantive piece in the report is three pages headed with capitals that scream "BEST MULTI CHANNEL RETAILER", an award irrelevant to the report, and a quarter-page quote I can't read because of its font. Complicating this is Woolworths' ...