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CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... emissions and identify areas of successful emissions management and sustainable farming practices, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The CDP conducted a pilot study with agricultural CDP supply chain members, asking the supply chain members ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Environmental Upgrade Agreements (EUAs), a new category of tri-partite lending vehicles, have been created for use in commercial buildings in New South Wales and the City of Melbourne. EUAs provide longer term, fixed rate debt facilities for owners ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... than 10% on average across all categories. Only six scored 40% and above and only three scored more than 50%. "Social disclosure [is] generally a lot lower than upstream environmental disclosure, which probably reflects the maturity of that sector," ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Woolworths launched a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to advance opportunities of Indigenous Australians and reported a 30% decrease in its lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR), against a backdrop of a 5.1% increase in net profit to AU$2.124bn for ...

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Retirement System (CalSTRS), the Natural Resources Defense Council, the California State Treasurers' Office, the Carbon Disclosure Project and the Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR). The prototype was developed over six months and included ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Bond Initiative (CBI), an international joint project of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets and the Carbon Disclosure Project, has developed the International Standards and Certification Scheme for Climate Bonds, which is aimed at facilitate ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Elders, the rural services and automotive components supply company, recorded a lost time injury frequency rate (LITFR) of 6.3 for its rural services division, as compared to 5.60 to September 2010, and reported an effluent leak at one of its Victorian ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Bradbury said. "It has gone to great lengths to report on its activities in this space, even winning an award for best ESG disclosure by an Australasian company at the 2010 Australasian Investor Relations Association. That is why the past few months ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches sustainability database

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... sustainability and environmental, social and governance of more than three thousand companies worldwide. The new Sustainability Disclosure Database permits free access to companies' sustainability strategy, performance, and impacts on society and nature. ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
A majority of ASX200 and NZ50 companies reported to this year's Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) that they saw risks associated with carbon pricing, but many also saw opportunities and only 4% of respondents said the risks were rated as high. According ...