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WFH employees put in 20% more hours

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) found. CEDA analysis of the latest data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey found people who work from home commuted on average 15.7% less than if they worked ...

Trump presidency pushes Aussies to ethical super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... wish to avoid investments that contribute to animal cruelty and 54% want to avoid animal testing for non-medical purposes. Labour rights abuses are also top of mind for Australians, as is avoiding investments that would support armed conflict. Finally ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... he will be advancing the debate in Australia about how businesses and investors can strengthen their response to forced labour and modern slavery and called on ACSI attendees to help. Evans said while Australia's Modern Slavery Act has some "weaknesses" ...

WFH costs 5.8% of employees' salary: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... blanket return-to-office mandates. WFH provides greater choice for both employers and employees, allows greater access to the labour market for those who previously faced barriers and alleviates cost pressures for employers," Brooks said. Furthermore ...

QIC backs 'redefining' autonomous farming solutions

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... Robotics will be manufacturing more of its autonomous agriculture drones 'SwarmBots' to ease farming operations by "reducing labour reliance, lowering chemical use, and optimising productivity" following the injection. The technology replaces large ...

Google's DEI dump may tank ESG score

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... These include anticompetitive practices, privacy and data security, product safety and quality, human rights concerns, and labour rights and supply chain controversies. Some of Australia's largest superannuation funds hold investments in Alphabet ...

Scottish Widows mandates Robeco to build new ESG indices

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Widows Ethical Fund avoids investments in companies involved in social problems, destruction of human life, human rights or labour abuses, environmental damage, animal testing for cosmetics, irresponsible corporate practices. Joop Huij, head of Robeco ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... exposed to palm oil, rubber, and pulp and paper, the report found. Human rights violations, including forced and child labour, and Indigenous displacement, have been identified in deforestation-linked business activities. For food product issuers in ...

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

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... Council of Australia after a decade at the helm. "I am so proud of everything that we have achieved to make the Australian labour market more inclusive," Annese said. "I am looking forward to my next chapter as incoming CEO at Chief Executive Women." ...

QIC Real Estate secures $3.75bn SLL

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... three Scopes of carbon emissions, target Cleaning Accountability Framework certification, and promote best practice ethical labour practices. Sustainability performance will be tracked using the Green Building Council of Australia's new Green Star ...
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