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LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... workers' conditions, the first Australian retailer to commit to that. See Also: Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

Report: majority of businesses prefer floating carbon price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... carbon tax with a fixed price was supported by 28.8%, 3.3% of businesses didn't support any form of priced-based carbon policy and another 3.3% were unsure. "What we found interesting was the support for a market based price versus a fixed price," said ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

CDP extends partnership with FirstCarbon Solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... delivered to the markets via financial data providers including Bloomberg and Google Finance to inform business, investment and policy decisions. "Transparency is critical to reducing emissions, driving operational efficiencies and reinforcing the business ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... their material ESG issues, reporting standards are only one part in encouraging greater sustainability reporting. Public policy around the world should set the stage to foster corporate action. "We advocate for public policy to encourage ESG or sustainability ...

Citi analyses impact of carbon price repeal on ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... have to be a double dissolution election, with a repeal being passed in March 2015, Citi suggests. The Coalition's stated policy of carbon emissions reductions is known as the "Direct Action" plan, announced in February 2010. "[T]here is limited detail," ...

NZ Super excludes nuclear base operators from investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Fund's responsible investment manager. "This warrants exclusion under the Fund's Responsible Investment Policy," O'Connor said in a statement. The fund's holdings in these companies totalled NZ$2.2 million as of 31 March 2013, and have ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... that are exposed to fossil fuels, but the extent to which assets are devalued is highly dependent on how international policy is implemented, the type of fossil fuels in question, and the time horizon of new projects. "The bottom line point is that this ...

Australia ranked fourth on global renewable energy list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... elections, the current opposition Liberal-National Coalition has pledged to repeal the package. Outside of political and policy considerations, BNEF's analysis of wind power showed the cost differences between wind and oil and gas plants, even before ...

EITI conference advocates for moving beyond transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Panellists agreed to the broad points that transparency is a tool for better governance and not an end, with Ian Gary, senior policy manager for extractive industries, Oxfam, cautioning that transparency should not become "openwash." "There's certainly ...