The Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 replaced the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999. The legislation requires non-public sector employers with 100 or more employees (relevant employers) to report to the Agency annually. If the number of employees falls below 100, it must continue to report unless its number of employees falls below 80. The Act is administered by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. The Agency guidance on compliance and reporting requirements and … [Read more...]
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Commonwealth)
The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (previously know as the Trade Practices Act 1974) is administered by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. The Act provides protection for small businesses and consumers and prevents some restrictive trade practices including: Market activities that manipulate supply or demand Price fixing Market sharing deals Misleading or deceptive conduct False representation Bait advertising – eg advertising exceptional deals that do not … [Read more...]
Anti-discrimination legislation (Commonwealth)
The Australian Human Rights Commission manages the following federal laws to protect people from discrimination and harassment: Age Discrimination Act 2004 Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 Disability Discrimination Act 1992 Racial Discrimination Act 1975 Sex Discrimination Act 1984 Discrimination is where someone is treated differently or unfairly due to a perceived characteristic. Characteristics might be: Religion Ethnicity Sexual … [Read more...]
MSA sustainability projects and reports
Research reports and updates on MSA projects and products to support sustainability skills development for the manufacturing sectors. See MSA sustainability sector page … [Read more...]
Orica Sustainability Report 2010
Orica Sustainability Report 2010 covers social, economic and environmental sustainability. It outlines Orica’s targets and performance in sustainability indicators such as: Community complaints Community engagement Human rights Labour practices Product stewardship Value chain The web site also provides a range of case studies on sustainability initiatives. See www.orica.com/sustainability … [Read more...]
BHP Billiton sustainability framework and reports
BHP Billiton outlines its approach to society, sustainability and climate change and provides downloads of sustainability reports. See http://www.bhpbilliton.com/society … [Read more...]
Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 (Commonwealth)
The Act has been replaced by the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012, which is administered by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. … [Read more...]
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Commonwealth)
The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act focuses on the protection of matters of national environmental significance. State and territory governments have responsibility for matters of state and local significance. The Act requires Government approval to undertake any projects, developments or other activities that may have a significant impact on the environment, indigenous heritage, historic places, biodiversity and other matters that are listed under the Act. See … [Read more...]
Fuji Xerox supply chain
Fuji Xerox web site describes their Environmental Standards on paper sourcing – “To qualify as a supplier of FXA copy papers, there are a number of basic requirements that must be met and confirmed in annual declarations”. Among others these include human rights: “That the supplier will maintain compliance with the minimum conditions of the United Nations Global Compact and, if not a signatory to the Global Compact, will commit to becoming a signatory within a specified time frame." See … [Read more...]
ISO 26000 Social Responsibility Guidance Standard
ISO 26000 is an International Standard giving guidance on social responsibility - what it means, what issues an organisation needs to address in order to operate in a socially responsible manner, and what is best practice. It contains voluntary guidance, not requirements, and therefore is not a certification standard like ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001:2004. http://www.iso.org/iso/social_responsibility … [Read more...]
