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Modern slavery on the rise 10 years after Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... vested interest that the factories I work with have union membership." However, few retailers encourage freedom of association, part of a pattern of corporate behaviour that active investors can influence to reduce risks, Carlsson said. "That leads back ...

High modern slavery risk to ASX 300: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... accessible grievance mechanisms, and for suppliers, we are asking they ensure workers have the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. "The companies we're focusing on are considered laggards or medium performers under the Modern Slavery ...

Baptist World Aid Australia rates fashion companies on human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... to six years." Only 20% of companies could show that all workers were training of their rights regarding freedom of association, and 33% of companies had a functioning grievance mechanism available to all workers at final stage of production. This dropped ...

Video: Labour Rights and other ESG Issues in Asia - the highlights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 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 ...

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 ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Bangladeshi government recently increased the minimum wage by 77%, now equivalent to US$68 per month, and freedom of association for workers to unionise is on the increase. But there is "significant anecdotal evidence of failure to pay the new minimum ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... human rights risks in LCDs - child labour, forced labour, health and safety, wages and working conditions, freedom of association and collective bargaining, and discrimination, harassment, physical and sexual violence. Those risks have been highlighted ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... report said that was expected to change. Furthermore, only 23% of companies provide specific protections of freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, areas in which Australian law and standards have evolved substantially in the past ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... more contested. People don't contest that pollution is a bad thing, but people do contest the degree of freedom of association, for example, or the right to strike, and in most countries, the two major parties are diametrically opposed when it comes ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... (IRRC) Institute. The KPIs will assess the companies' codes of conduct regarding issues like child labour, freedom of association and occupational health and safety, the training provided to company managers and suppliers on the code, the companies' ...
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