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One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... on a list of 20 countries. Spain had the highest percentage of assured sustainability reports, at 39%, while the United States was at the bottom, with 5% of reports externally reported. The relatively low percentage of assured sustainability reports ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... report. The report, " Environmental, Social and Governance Investing by College and University Endowments in the United States: Social Responsibility, Sustainability, and Stakeholder Relations," was commissioned and funded by the Investor Responsibility ...

Australia in top ten for GRI sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... total number of reports registered with GRI's database in 2011, making it number eight on the top ten list. The United States was first, registering 11% total number of registered reports, Spain was second with 8% of total registered reports and Sweden ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... make listed companies publish what they pay governments, in line with similar listing rules being introduced in the United States and the European Union. Globally, the PWYP network is also pressing resource-rich companies to disclose the payments that ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... diligence along with energy efficiency capital projects," the report said. "The current focus in New Zealand and the United States is minimising emissions through 'low hanging' operational efficiencies. The greatest opportunities for reduction are in ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... technologies. Surveys were conducted in Australia, Canada, China, India, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The methodology, developed by Connection Research and RMIT, calculated separate indices for five areas in ICT sustainability ...

PC: carbon price a more efficient means of reducing emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Research Report examined various regimes in China, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. It found that all the countries examined had adopted policies to reduce pollution and support the move to clean energy ...