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More women appointed to ASX200 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... nomination committee. AICD said in the report that the ASX200 Snapshot Report will be expanded in 2013 to capture similar data in the not-for-profit sector and the ASX 500.

Government bodies not effectively speaking on sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... I do five different reports to five different bodies with the same information? Why is my sustainability team pumping out data rather than getting on with fixing things?" Another area where governmental communication was poorly rated was around authenticity ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... meet the IPCC target of 1.7% annual reductions in CO2e by 2020," CDP Carbon Action say in their 2012 report. Based on the data from responding companies in the high-emitting industries, investment in behavioural change had the highest internal rate of ...

MSCI: Asia Pacific, EU green building market show potential

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... their returns, as government and market incentives continue to drive demand for greener spaces," the report said. "Market data from [Investment Property Databank] IPD shows that this is the case for properties that demonstrate higher operational efficiency ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... scope which sustainably performance information the company would like to have assured. The report found that environmental data were the most commonly assured disclosures, followed by labour practices and product responsibility and society, but that ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... said. "They manage all that on our behalf. It requires quite a lot of documentation, particularly on the before and after data. The scheme asks you, what equipment have you replaced, and you must submit documentary evidence of that. You need consultants' ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... of NZX50 companies reporting direct impact. New Zealand's emissions trading scheme has been in operation since 2008. The data for this year's CDP report was collected before the July launch date. At the time that CDP 2012 was gathering information, 15% ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... process input for cooling purposes, and to growth in Coles businesses, "including more effective water metering to improve data quality." Richard Goyder, Wesfarmers managing director, identified human capital and carbon emissions as material issues to ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... RepuTex-ESG, a Hong Kong-based research firm, has launched a platform providing free environmental, social and governance data on Asian companies. RepuTex ESG-Connect provides research on over 1,200 companies across Asia in markets including China, Hong ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The study was conducted on ACSI's behalf by governance specialists Ownership Matters and is based on data from 23 major institutional investors. The report analysed the investors' votes on 1,895 resolutions at meetings ...