Auditing Research
David Jones
David Jones Limited operates in retailing industry selling variety of commodities to consumers. The financial year 2011 was the first year that David Jones had consolidated its non-financial disclosure with respect to corporate social responsibility (CSR) into one report. David Jones had made great effort to provide its employees a working environment in which all the staff are supported, recognized, rewarded and given opportunity to reach their full potential. It developed different programs to ensure a healthy and positive working environment, ran training and learning sessions for employees’ self-improvement and implemented various initiatives to encourage communication between staff and top management. As a part of its organizational vision, David Jones is committed to making a significant contribution to Australian society mainly through support of its philanthropic partners especially women and children’s health. In 2011, it disclosed the donation totaled $1.15 million to different social charities. Under the environmental legislation, David Jones disclosed total energy consumption and emissions data to the Federal Government, updated to the National Packaging Covenant (NPC) for the strength of its qualitative and quantitative analysis, carried out a two-year action plan to the new Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) and made its first submission to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) of carbon emissions. However, the CSR disclosures of David Jones are not assured as no independent assurance provider engaged in the assurance (David Jones, 2011).
JB Hi-Fi Limited
JB Hi-Fi Limited also operates in retailing industry mainly selling electronic products to consumers. The environmental sustainability is a major concern for JB Hi-Fi when undertaking its corporate social responsibility. The company is committed to several voluntary initiatives to ensure the business operation would bring minimal impacts on the
David Jones Limited operates in retailing industry selling variety of commodities to consumers. The financial year 2011 was the first year that David Jones had consolidated its non-financial disclosure with respect to corporate social responsibility (CSR) into one report. David Jones had made great effort to provide its employees a working environment in which all the staff are supported, recognized, rewarded and given opportunity to reach their full potential. It developed different programs to ensure a healthy and positive working environment, ran training and learning sessions for employees’ self-improvement and implemented various initiatives to encourage communication between staff and top management. As a part of its organizational vision, David Jones is committed to making a significant contribution to Australian society mainly through support of its philanthropic partners especially women and children’s health. In 2011, it disclosed the donation totaled $1.15 million to different social charities. Under the environmental legislation, David Jones disclosed total energy consumption and emissions data to the Federal Government, updated to the National Packaging Covenant (NPC) for the strength of its qualitative and quantitative analysis, carried out a two-year action plan to the new Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) and made its first submission to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) of carbon emissions. However, the CSR disclosures of David Jones are not assured as no independent assurance provider engaged in the assurance (David Jones, 2011).
JB Hi-Fi Limited
JB Hi-Fi Limited also operates in retailing industry mainly selling electronic products to consumers. The environmental sustainability is a major concern for JB Hi-Fi when undertaking its corporate social responsibility. The company is committed to several voluntary initiatives to ensure the business operation would bring minimal impacts on the
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