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Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... directly with companies to understand their approach to methane control, discussing effective regulatory measures with policy makers and working with industry to develop a framework to enable the monitoring of companies' progress on methane control. ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... known as Rio+20. The Rio+20 conference will take place from 20-22 June. The proposed paragraph reads "We call for a global policy framework requiring all listed and large private companies to consider sustainability issues and to integrate sustainability ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... policies increased 4%, supplier policies increased 4% and limiting gift values 3%. "Company size has a marked effect on policy rates in all areas - for example limiting gift values (24% SMEs versus 77% largest compaÂnies) and explicit anti-corruption ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... headquarters to work in programs nearer to their jobs. "It gives us the chance to ask questions and observe the impact of poor policy and poor engagement," Blackburn-Wright said. "That's been an education for us as a bank. We started working in Redfern ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... ASX200 companies and compared their performance to global counterparts. They were assessed on their publicly disclosed policy commitments, the breadth of policy application and their alignment with international standards. The ACSI report notes that ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... comparison to other Australian investment managers for its progress in responsible investment, citing enhancements to their policy framework, including updating their proxy voting to include engagement activities. "We are committed to only reporting ...

Calls for expedited reduction of SRES multiplier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... buying at $26 and selling at $40, which means that businesses and consumers are paying the full price." But Russell Marsh, policy director at the Clean Energy Council, told The Sustainability Report that there is no need to reduce the multiplier ahead ...

Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
The scientific consensus around the potential impacts of climate change and the affirmative policy moves of governments around the world to mitigate their impacts means that Australia's renewable energy target and carbon pricing regime is not an outlier ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... drive towards sustainability in investments and operations by superannuation funds. Despite short term uncertainty over policy shift should the opposition Liberal coalition take government at the next election, the long term reality of climate change ...

SAP: sustainability for innovation as well as cost reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... virtual meeting rooms and online education and training modules. "I think it can be reduced," she said. "We have a global policy to reduce the travel for internal meetings. The biggest factor for reducing our carbon footprint is to reduce flights in ...