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| | | While interest in screens relating to environmental and living wage issues remains strong, passion for ESG investing is waning - particularly among younger investors. Research from Cerulli Associates shows enthusiasm for ESG products has plateaued ... |
| | | | Investors in rural industries may face reputational and legal risk, as a new report warns 16,400 people are trapped in modern slavery in NSW. Agriculture, horticulture and meat processing in rural and regional areas, as well as labour hire companies ... |
| | | | ... considers ESG ratings of suppliers during supplier selection but only 38% saying they only work with suppliers who pay a living wage. Notably, the report found a gap between executives and consumers when it comes to perceptions of greenwashing. 17% of ... |
| | | | ... focusing on five core areas where we believe business can have the biggest impact - gender equality, climate action, living wage, water resilience and finance and investment." The Business Council for Sustainable Development Australia (BCSDA) reinforces ... |
| | | | ... believe governments and companies should be responsible for eradicating forced labour, child labour, and ensuring a fair living wage. "This report shows that Australians are increasingly aware and care about the ethical practices of the brands they buy ... |
| | | | ... and technically defined on the one hand, and human rights or labour rights issues." He said workers on or below a living wage, while not technically defined as modern slavery, are particularly vulnerable to exploitation. "If you are not on a living wage ... |
| | | | ... further pointed to the "significant gap" between wages for many workers in the apparel sector in Bangladesh and the living wage - the amount of money people need to survive. "The pandemic has impacted vulnerable workers who were further exposed," she ... |
| | | | ... into the workplace for mothers, and ensuring women across developing market operations and supply chains are paid a living wage, Roc-Sennett said. These are all points to be raised in engagements with companies, Roc-Sennett said. "We tend to reach out ... |
| | | | ... "But there are issues like offshoring support services - customer support, IT - to countries where payment below a living wage and interference with workers' ability to unionise are key risks, for example." Finally, the report finds "examples of ... |
| | | | ... said. "ANZ is one we have seen a lot of progress on what they're doing, and in a lot of areas as well, including living wage, remediation, overseas companies and the like." Ethical Partners selected Bega as its second case study because the agricultural ... |
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