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Mining lobby defends green goals amid push for BHP to quit
Nick Toscano, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 August 2021The Minerals Council of Australia chief executive Tania Constable has defended accusations of lobbying to block meaningful climate action and criticisms for saying Australian coal could reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. She argues that the association supports the Paris Agreement and has made significant progress on environmental, social...
corporate responsibility
socio political environment
Atlas of AI
Big Ideas Podcast, ABC, 10 August 2021This episode of Big Ideas analyses how the benefits of machine learning can be better balanced against its harms. AI expert Kate Crawford looks behind the technology, at its environmental footprint, hidden labour and at how a handful of companies dominate global computing by using...
socio political environment
Samsung’s jailed leader Lee Jae-yong to be released on parole
Yoonjung Seo, CNN Business, 09 August 2021Samsung's vice chairman, and de facto leader, Lee Jae-yong is to be released on parole this week, South Korea's Justice Ministry said on Monday. Lee, also known as Jay Y. Lee, was sentenced to two and a half years behind bars in January after the Seoul High Court found him guilty of embezzlement and bribery. He will now be released on August...
socio political environment
Driving social impact by putting the ‘S’ in ESG
Thomas Bognanno, Forbes, 09 August 2021Corporate citizenship has continued its evolution from corporate social responsibility (CSR) through philanthropy and cheque writing to creating shared value and win-win models. Today, CSR efforts have a more holistic focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, engaging all stakeholders and embedding these areas into all...
corporate responsibility
socio political environment
TikTok overtakes Facebook as world’s most downloaded app
Rei Nakafuji, Nikkei Asia, 06 August 2021A global survey of downloads in 2020 shows short video-sharing app, TikTok, on top of the list of social media providers for the first time since the study was conducted in 2018. However, some believe that personal information shared with TikTok is not secure. This comes as data protection is becoming more important to...
socio political environment
New ways to approach and resolve conflict
TED Radio Hour, NPR, 06 August 2021This episode of TED Radio Hour examines how conflict is a part of life. The panel discuss how reaching resolutions have become harder than ever, and how people can harness creative ways of approaching personal and professional conflict...
socio political environment
Investors are ignoring a dangerous crackdown on press freedom
Ian Marlow & Isabella Steger, The Sydney Morning Herald, 06 August 2021With a crackdown on the world’s press comes a more challenging business landscape for investors. Restricted information flows can mask political and regulatory problems as well as potential fraud and corruption, raising the risks of doing business — particularly in more volatile emerging markets where good quality information may already be...
media relations
advocacy
SPC becomes first Australian company to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for all staff
Madeleine Morris, ABC News, 05 August 2021Fruit and vegetable processor SPC has become the first Australian company to mandate vaccines for all onsite staff and visitors. The Shepparton-based cannery wants all its 450 onsite workers to be fully vaccinated by November, promising onsite workers will receive paid vaccination leave and up to two days of special leave to recover....
socio political environment
adaptive leadership
How remote work raises the risks of cyberattacks
Bryan Walsh, Axios, 05 August 2021It is no coincidence that the pandemic-driven shift to remote work has been accompanied by a rise in cyberattacks on corporations. With remote work likely to stay - especially with the surging Delta variant - companies need to prioritise and retool cyber-defence. Between 2019 and 2020, ransomware cyber-attacks rose by 62 per cent worldwide and...
socio political environment
Facebook boots NYU disinformation researchers off its platform and critics cry foul
Shannon Bond, NPR, 04 August 2021Facebook has blocked a team of New York University (NYU) researchers studying political ads and COVID misinformation from accessing its site, a move that critics say is meant to silence research that makes the company look bad. The researchers from the NYU Ad Observatory launched a tool last year to collect data about the political ads...
socio political environment