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More Australian companies report corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
More than 80% of leading Australian companies report in the area of corporate responsibility, according to KPMG. KPMG has issued its 8 th Survey of Corporate Responsibility Reporting a global analysis of 4,100 companies. Overall, 82% of Australian companies ...

CBA questioned over carbon emissions calculations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... identify that we are over 10,000 tonnes in excess of our target. If you were to take the 3,500 out, it would be in excess." KPMG provided limited assurance for the sustainability metrics, but Walton noted that they did not audit the narrative around ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... their Australia and New Zealand operations in the ranking, while the rest, including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst and Young, KPMG, Zurich, Ricoh and Siemens, excluded their Australia and NZ operations, Dayeh said. "We look forward to working with, supporting ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... the policy settings in place honours these investments while unlocking over $18 billion of investment to come." Separately, KPMG this week released a report analysing Chinese direct investment. Australia is the largest recipient of Chinese outbound direct ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... organisations have lost an estimated AU$373 million due to fraud in the last two years, but only 15% of organisations surveyed by KPMG see fraud as a key risk. Gary Gill "People don't take fraud, bribery and corruption seriously enough, until the situation ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Johnson & Johnson, Johnson Controls, JT International SA, Juniper Networks, KAO Corporation, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, KPMG UK, L'Oreal, Marfrig Alimentos, MetLife, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, National Australia Bank, National Grid, Nestle, Nokia-Siemens ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... as gold award winners for sustainable business, according to The Sustainability Yearbook 2013, published by RobecoSAM and KPMG International. ANZ, GPT Group, Tabcorp Holdings and Sims Metal Management were all awarded gold standard in The Sustainability ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... growth in population, growth in middle class," said Chi Woo, the Sydney-based director of climate change and sustainability at KPMG. "At the same time, it reflects on the constraints to growth - some of them are environmental, or water, or access to ...

Integrated reporting a tool to telling value creation story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... long-term value generation are not always captured by the reporting boundaries of current year financial measures, according to a KPMG report. "Integrated reporting provides a basis to address this by re-focussing reporting around an organisation's business ...

ASX report shows companies' progress on gender diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... of 211 ASX-listed companies have established a gender diversity policy as recommended by ASX Principle 3, according to a KPMG survey commissioned by the ASX. Ruth Medd The ASX survey showed that 61% of the 211 companies established gender diversity policies ...