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Gender Equality in the Workplace – Free Online Assessment Tool Available

Gender equality and women’s empowerment doesn’t only concern women. It concerns society as a whole. When half of society doesn’t have the same opportunities as the other half – we’re clearly limiting our collective potential and we’re all worse off because of it. This is why achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is one of the main tenets of the UN’s sustainable development goals and why it’s regarded as being such a critical element to achieving the aim of sustainable development...

New Online Tool: Assessing Your Anti-Bribery and Corruption Program – Where to Start?

Understanding where your organization stands in terms of its efforts to combat bribery and corruption has never been more important – especially for businesses with any sort of international operations (manufacturing, export, supply chain, sales, etc.). Legislation like the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the UK Bribery Act and other national laws aligned to OECD, or UNCAC guidance often have stiff penalties, and make it clear that organizations need to take corruption prevention in business seriously.

InterPraxis Director delivers keynote lecture in Tokyo on building responsible supply chains.

As Tokyo prepares to host the 2020 Olympics and awareness of frameworks like the SDGs and other codes for international supply chains grow, many businesses are keenly interested in learning best practice in this area. InterPraxis was invited to deliver a workshop to share emerging best practice and demonstrate how Japanese businesses can develop and implement effective systems to ensure responsible and sustainable supply chains, and address key ESG risks.

Ensuring Responsible Supply Chains: InterPraxis helps Lululemon address the issue of Foreign Migrant Workers

Based on emerging best practice and input from key stakeholders, InterPraxis helped Lululemon develop its new foreign migrant labour standard as part of its Vendor Code of Conduct. The new standard will help Lululemon and its vendors address risks of exploitive labour practices among migrant workers and imposes a new framework on it suppliers for outsourcing foreign migrant labourers that include specific safeguards against trafficking and forced labour.

InterPraxis Director selected by ISO Academy to deliver regional trainings on the new ISO 37001 standard.

When the ISO Academy was looking for expertise to help design and deliver training on its new Anti-Bribery Management System Standard it turned to InterPraxis Director David Simpson and Austian-based expert Barbara Neiger to deliver a series of international workshops in Eastern Europe (Serbia) and the Middle East (Lebanon) focusing on implementing effective anti-bribery management systems aligned to ISO 37001.

InterPraxis, together with BNQ, helps to deliver the world’s first ASI audit certification.

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) recently announced the world’s first certifications against its newly launched standards for responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminium. ASI's Certification of the Rio Tinto facilities located in Canada and Australia, signifies that the practices at these sites meet the industry’s highest standards. The independent third party audits were carried out by BNQ (Bureau de Normalisation du Québec)...

InterPraxis leads harmonization project among MDB international accountability (complaint) mechanisms.

Independent accountability complaint mechanisms are critical in order to successfully carry out the missions of the internaional development banks such as the World Bank, IADB and the IFC. InterPraxis was selected by a consortium of these international development banks to explore the development of shared principles, common terminology, and laying the groundwork for a quality standard for complaint-handling and dispute resolution process for independent accountability mechanisms that would help them to enhance their own accountability to stakeholders on whose trust they depend.

InterPraxis Director accepts interim appointment to head EBRD’s Independent Accountability Mechanism

As interim head of the Project Complaint Mechanism with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Simpson helps to provide recourse to people who believe they have been or may be harmed by bank-supported projects. "In giving local communities greater voice, explains Simpson, "we reflect the principles of citizen-driven accountability and can help to strenghten global governance".

International Experts Group Meeting on UN Guiding Principles Facilitated by InterPraxis.

InterPraxis Director was invited by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and the Office of the Extractive Sector CSR

UN-backed PRI selects InterPraxis to develop framework for implementing UNGPs

InterPraxis was invited to work with the Investor members of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

InterPraxis develops CSR Policy Framework for extractive sector companies in Mozambique.

InterPraxis recently won a competitive bid with the Mozambican Ministry of Mineral Resources (MIREM)

Director selected for integrated reporting IIRC working group.

The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) selected InterPraxis Director David Simpson

InterPraxis Director chosen to Chair SROI Network Group

P Director, David Simpson has been chosen to Chair the SROI Network

InterPraxis in Middle-East

InterPraxis was invited to participate in two recent forums in Lebanon and Abu Dhabi to share expertise on designing effective stakeholder engagement systems

Securing an Ethical Culture at Talisman Energy

InterPraxis was selected by global upstream oil & gas company Talisman Energy

InterPraxis advising ACCA on integrated reporting.

The Association of Certified Charted Accountants (ACCA) is working with InterPraxis to help develop its thinking and processes around integrated reporting.

Assisting South Korea SMEs in Moving Towards a “Green Economy”.

InterPraxis is working as part of an international team together with the Korean Productivity Centre (KPC) to provide practical guidance and tools to accelerate South Korean SMEs in their move towards the new green economy.

InterPraxis Carries Out Sustainability Assurance Engagement in Australia.

Together with Net Balance, we helped carry out a sustainability assurance engagement for a large Australian company with a broad range of assets in the retail, chemical and resources sector.

InterPraxis conducts multi-stakeholder consultations for the Office of the CSR Counsellor for the Extractive Sector.

InterPraxis worked closely with the Office of the CSR Counsellor to help develop and design an effective dispute resolution process for the Canadian extractive sector

Corporate Governance Renewal Project Led by InterPraxis in Caribbean.

InterPraxis was invited by the National Competitiveness Strategy Unit of Guyana to help design a set of relevant corporate governance standards for Guyana's business sector

InterPraxis working with Chinese Government to enhance accountability and improve performance auditing.

InterPraxis is working with Transparency International (Canada) on a project designed to improve the manner in which financial, human and physical resources are managed in Ningxia

InterPraxis Director Shepherds Development of ISO 26000 standard.

InterPraxis Director, David Simpson continues to play an active role in the development of the ISO 26000 standard on social responsibility as an expert member of the Internationa

InterPraxis Assures Data for Vancity’s “Carbon-Neutral” Claim.

InterPraxis assured the energy, transportation and other CO2 data for the first North American financial institution to assert 'carbon neutrality' based on the protocols

InterPraxis featured speaker at ABF’s conference on CSR in Singapore.

InterPraxis Director, David Simpson has been invited to deliver an address at the CSR conference presented by the Asia Business Forum. David will be speaking on "Cutting-edge Strategies

Thai Study on CSR: New Opportunities for Partner Collaboration.

InterPraxis recently conducted a study on CSR for the Thai-German Programme for Enterprise Competitiveness in Bangkok. The research highlighted opportunities for stakeholder

Courses on Sustainability Delivered by InterPraxis in Portugal.

InterPraxis was invited to lead two certified workshops on CSR / sustainability in Porto and Lisbon on behalf of The Accountability Project. Participants all scored the course

InterPraxis Assists TI with Anti-Corruption Project.

InterPraxis has been selected to assist Transparency International (Canada) in designing a project to help strengthen transparency and combat corruption in Henan Province, China.

SRI Certification feasibility study carried out by InterPraxis

InterPraxis recently completed a consultation and study for the Social Investment Organization on the feasibility of an SRI certification label in Canada for financial advisors

InterPraxis Invited to Participate in GTZ Mission

InterPraxis was recently invited by the German Development Agency Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) to participate in an appraisal mission in China to help design

InterPraxis Director Elected to International Council.

David Simpson has been elected as a Council Member of AccountAbility, an internationally-respected non-profit think tank dedicated to promoting accountability for sustainable development.

A North American First: Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioner.

InterPraxis Director David Simpson has become the first North American to be designated as a Certified Lead Sustainability Assurance Practitioner (Lead CSAP) granted by

Diageo Canada Invites InterPraxis to Assist with its Corporate Citizenship.

Diageo Canada, part of Diageo (the world's leading premium drinks company) has invited InterPraxis to assist it with its Corporate Citizenship Report. InterPraxis has been asked

VanCity Members/Shareholders Re-appoint of InterPraxis as Independent Social Audit at AGM.

The Board and Social Audit Committee of VanCity Credit Union recommended to its members that InterPraxis be re-appointed as its Social Auditor for 2005-06 and the members

InterPraxis Invited to Participate in Regional Forums in Middle-East.

InterPraxis was invited to participate in two recent forums in Lebanon and Abu Dhabi

World’s First Public Social Stock Exchange Accredits InterPraxis Director.

The world's first publicly traded social stock exchange in Africa has accredited InterPraxis Director David Simpson

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