Corporate Strategy

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
A coalition of more than 80 US-based grassroots organisations are protesting US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention through a campaign targeting banks JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo for providing debt financing for two for-profit ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative and the United Nations Global Compact have released a practical guide to assist companies in better measure and report on their impacts on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

ACCR, CAER study gender pay gap at ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
More than a quarter of ASX100 companies do not have a remuneration policy that covers gender pay equity, although the vast majority have conducted analysis to determination if they are any remuneration gaps between men and women, according to a new report ...

Persistent and increasing bonus pay pushes up ASX100 remuneration: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Chief executive remuneration continues to rise, pushed by "persistent and increasing bonus payments", according to the latest analysis of CEO pay by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI).

Konica Minolta on working towards ethical supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
With the recent introduction of the Modern Slavery Bill to Parliament, companies with annual turnover of $100 million are in line to report annually on their actions to address modern slavery in operations and the supply chain.

ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
ASX200 stocks that have high ESG scores outperform the ASX200 average, while stocks with low ESG scores underperform the benchmark, according to research from Regnan.

Reports analyse landscape for sustainability disclosures by corporate Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Australian companies continue to improve their sustainability reporting, with focus on environmental issues such as climate change and water, however there are still laggards that are not reporting sufficiently or at all on sustainability issues, according ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Institutional investors including AustralianSuper, Cbus and UniSuper have scaled up engaging with "systematically important" greenhouse gas emitting companies globally under the Climate Action 100+ initiative.

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors has commissioned research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney that has led to the development of a packaging sustainability performance framework.

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this article from Alison Atherton, Research Principal at Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney