The following information supplements our report detailing ‘A Modern Slavery Act in Australia‘ The Journey to Australia’s Modern Slavery Act The following section details the developments leading up to the introduction of a Modern Slavery Bill in Australia and also outlines some of the suggested mechanisms to be introduced...
In late June 2018 Assistant Minister for Home Affairs, Alex Hawke, introduced a Modern Slavery Bill into the House of Representatives in Australia. Modelled after the UK Modern Slavery Act, the Australian Modern Slavery Act will make steps towards combatting Modern Slavery in Australia and our surrounding region. The...
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Appendix 1: Countries that Australia exports live sheep, feeder cattle and breeding cattle[1] COUNTRY SHEEP FEEDER CATTLE BREEDING CATTLE Argentina ✔ Bahrain ✔ Brunei ✔ ✔ ✔ Chile ✔ China ✔ ✔ Egypt ✔ ✔ Hong Kong ✔ India ✔ ✔ Indonesia ✔ ✔ Israel ✔ ✔ ✔ Japan...
Investor considerations on intensive farming and live export Lonergan Research conducted a survey on behalf of Future Super that addressed respondents’ attitudes towards live export between March and April of 2015, which polled 18,574 people in Australia. This survey revealed that 78% of respondents were either extremely concerned, very...
Direct Operations Direct operations can be broken up into two categories Intensive animal farming Live Export Intensive animal farming Intensive animal farming operations are defined as the farming of cattle, pigs, salmon, shrimps and cage hens in close, confined conditions. Activities that are considered to be a form...
Intensive Animal Farming and Live Animal Export – Exposure of Australian Stock Exchange listed companies Introduction This report aims to engage institutional and individual investors to consider the risks related to intensive animal farming and live animal exports as part of their investment processes. Responsible Investment is the practice...
This article forms part of CAER’s ‘Responsible Investment Agenda 2018 – A Work Plan for Australian and New Zealand Investors’ Report Human rights dominated the ESG space in 2017, and will continue to sit firmly at the forefront of public sector, investor and company agendas in 2018. The Landscape In...
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