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Managing ESG reputation can benefit corporate value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... years have not been from core business failure, but rather ESG-related issues, such as failures of corporate ethics like bribery and corruption, labour and human rights violations and environmental disasters, he said. Aeby noted that when analysing the ...

European Parliament adopts standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... results and risks in six areas - environmental, social and employee-related matters, human rights, anti-corruption and bribery. Additionally, large listed companies will be required to provide information on their diversity policy, covering age, gender ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... Smith said. "As people push programs further down the supply chain, as data became more involved across the environment, bribery, and the complexity of issues - there is the sheer challenge of collecting volumes of data. Companies could spend the time ...

Companies lag on implementing UN Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... 59% reported having a supplier policy for anti-corruption but only 14% accomplished activities like managers signing "no bribery certification", 13% reported engaging in collective action and 22% reported recording instances of facilitation payments ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... results and risks in six areas - environmental, social and employee-related matters, human rights, anti-corruption and bribery. Additionally, large listed companies will be required to provide information on their diversity policy, covering age, gender ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... two years, but only 15% of organisations surveyed by KPMG see fraud as a key risk. Gary Gill "People don't take fraud, bribery and corruption seriously enough, until the situation actually arises," said Gary Gill, KPMG's national head of forensic. "People ...

OECD criticises low enforcement of foreign bribery law

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian government is making foreign bribery offences a priority, but enforcement of its foreign bribery laws has been "extremely low", according to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). There has only ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... companies to address those issues. Other issues that institutional investors identified include: water, human rights, bribery and corruption, unconventional fuels, which the PRI identifies as oil sands, fracking and deepwater drilling, local communities/indigenous ...

Emerging listed miners catching up on corporate governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... find that their structures don't meet general corporate governance standards. As for other issues, such as human rights, bribery, and corruption, they are issues, particularly for companies operating in Africa. We want an understanding of how they're ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... "mystique" around it for corporations and their legal advisers, Nicolson compares it to other, more familiar areas such as anti-bribery or equal opportunity laws - issues that corporations have dealt with before and integrated into their business practices. ...