{"id":15296,"date":"2023-03-10T03:49:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T03:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/?page_id=15296"},"modified":"2023-10-27T05:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T05:24:52","slug":"investment-and-supply-chain-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/values-vision-strategy\/sustainability\/investment-and-supply-chain-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Investment and Supply Chain Sustainability at Curtin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Responsible Investment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtin University is committed to responsible investing, which addresses risks and opportunities related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and integrates responsible investing into its long-term investment strategy. In doing so, the University monitors \u2013 for the managed funds it invests in \u2013 ESG ratings; carbon footprints; proxy voting reports; and assessments of compliance with the UN Principles for Responsible Investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/governance\/annual-reports\/\">Curtin&#8217;s Annual Report<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sustainable Procurement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As stated in Curtin\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/policies.curtin.edu.au\/local\/docs\/policy\/Procurement_Procedures.pdf\">Procurement Procedures<\/a>, consideration should be given to value for money, economic, social and environmental matters that may include considering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minimising environmental impacts of the goods and services over the whole life cycle of the goods and services;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strategies to avoid unnecessary consumption and manage demand;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Suppliers\u2019 socially responsible practices including those of their supply chain and compliance with legislative obligations to employees; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Value for money over the whole-of-life of the goods and services, rather than just the initial cost<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curtin\u2019s Modern Slavery Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtin\u2019s statement sets out the University\u2019s commitment to addressing risks of modern slavery in our organisation. The COVID pandemic persisted in its disruption to operations in 2021. However, despite the uncertainty faced, we remained in strong organisational shape due to the resourcefulness and resilience of our Curtin community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We continue to apply that resourcefulness towards understanding and identifying risks of modern slavery in our operational and supply partnerships. While we have taken important first steps, we recognise that modern slavery is a diverse and complex issue that requires a collective and ongoing commitment to improvement by Curtin and our global partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are proud to be a socially and environmentally conscious education and research institution and recognise our responsibility to collaborate and innovate so that our practices make a difference in a socially sustainable way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The principles and standards that Curtin has consulted and considered in our development of this Statement include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The United Nations (UN) Declaration of Human Rights<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The UN and International Labour Organisation conventions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The UN Global Compact\u2019s ten principles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtin\u2019s definition of modern slavery encompasses slavery, servitude, the worst forms of child labour, forced labour, human trafficking, debt bondage, slavery like practices, forced marriage and deceptive recruiting for labour or services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Curtin\u2019s second statement, and it describes our actions over the past financial year to develop a strategic, industry wide and informed approach in collaboration with the Australian University Procurement Network (AUPN), and in line with the requirements of the Australian Modern Slavery Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It outlines Curtin\u2019s approach to develop a framework to detect the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking across our Australian operations and supply chain and implement appropriate responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/modernslaveryregister.gov.au\/statements\/file\/50d006f4-83c8-476d-aed3-4c24a079194a\/\">Curtin&#8217;s Modern Slavery Statement<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For further information on sustainability initiatives at Curtin please see:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainability.curtin.edu.au\/about\/\">Sustainability at Curtin<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.curtin.edu.au\/research-areas\/sustainable-development\/\">Research areas on sustainability<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/properties.curtin.edu.au\/sustainability\/\">Sustainability at Curtin properties<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/values-vision-strategy\/curtin-2030-strategic-plan\/\">Curtin 2030 Strategic Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responsible Investment Curtin University is committed to responsible investing, which addresses risks and opportunities related [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"parent":537,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15296","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"page_components":false,"controls":{"page_switch_toggle":false,"support_toggle":false,"breadcrumb_toggle":true,"navi_toggle":true,"section_nav_toggle":true,"alternate_font_toggle":false}},"featured_image":false,"author_meta":{"first_name":"Teale","last_name":"Reynolds","display_name":"Teale Reynolds"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15296"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19338,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15296\/revisions\/19338"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}