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Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... from The Salvation Army. McManus is a leading specialist in corporate human rights due diligence with experience at the Walk Free Foundation and Woolworths Group. The $170+ trillion, 500-plus member-strong United Nations Environment Programme Finance ...

Supermarket giants lead anti-slavery efforts

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024  |  NEWS
... comprises 50 investors with AU$12 trillion in AUM, together with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Walk Free, and Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST). In addition to the human cost, this years' report highlighted that ...

Offloading assets is last resort in fight against slavery

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... as a last resort. They have released a guide for investors in partnership with the international human rights group, Walk Free. "Remediation is a central part of human rights outcomes but is often not well understood," Sudip Hazra, director of the First ...

Investors back modern slavery compensation

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... APAC) has joined the with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), international human rights group Walk Free, and the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) initiative, to call for such a scheme. IAST APAC is made up of investors ...

NSW Modern Slavery Plan to build prevention capability

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... James Martin Institute for Public Policy (JMI) today at NSW Parliament house. According to the most recent report by Walk Free, there currently are more than 50 million people estimated to be living under modern slavery worldwide, with an estimated 41,000 ...

Review recommends significant reforms to Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
... stakeholders, the attorney general noted. The review has been issued in the same week that human rights organisation Walk Free has issued its most recent Global Slavery Index, which found that 50 million people worldwide live in modern slavery, with ...

RIAA hires head of certification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... markets at a time when it is so deeply needed," O'Connor said. Prior to working at B Lab AANZ, Samuel worked for the Walk Free Foundation as financial sector engagement manager, as well as in the secretariat of the Investors Against Slavery and Trafficking ...

Varying levels of progress on modern slavery: IAST APAC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... with $7.8 trillion in assets under management, along with the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Walk Free and the Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) initiative, has issued its first annual report covering actions taken ...

Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... supply chains as a way to gain greater visibility of the supply chain, IAST APAC will work together in conjunction with Walk Free and the Liechtenstein Initiative for Finance Against Slavery and Trafficking (FAST) to create a common knowledge base and ...

First Sentier publishes Modern Slavery Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... first year of reporting to the Australian legislation, First Sentier has used data from a range of sources including the Walk Free Foundation, the US Department of Labor, Sustainalytics and Reprisk together with analysis from the individual investment ...
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