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ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... a number of acquisitions, has led to an increase in the absolute carbon emissions associated with the energy used at our data centres and our air travel. Business growth and ANZ's rebranding in 2010 also affected our ability to reduce customer paper ...

Global Reporting Initiative calls for G4 public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has called upon organisations and individuals globally to participate in a survey that will guide the development of the next generation of its guidelines. The first comment period on the G4 guidelines is open until ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches sustainability database

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... world. Users can compare the level of companies' transparencies and benchmark by sector, size and location as well as use the data to find out what indicators companies are reporting on, and how companies' transparency compares to their peers. The database ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... implementation of the New Zealand ETS, AWE compiled an Emissions Trading Scheme Management Process, which established the data collection procedures and the reporting requirements of the ETS and AWE's obligations under the scheme," the company said in ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... state or territory; was a trading entity; and consisted of Australian domiciled trusts but submits directors for re-election. Data was drawn from 2010 annual reports and notices of annual general meetings. The study also found that company boards continue ...

New standards for measuring GHG emissions in value chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... for S.C. Johnson, in a statement accompanying the launch. "Our road test of the new Scope 3 standard provides us with key data to drive our strategic business decisions regarding greenhouse gas reductions. We encourage other businesses to similarly employ ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the complexity of the investments. There are a number of layers of governance, and then of course, there is more limited data on returns, particularly on debt vehicles and how they perform." Comparing microfinance to alternative assets such as private ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... issues - the organisation of a water study of the region to understand aquifers and surface water, which will take existing data and fill in the gaps of information; the development of independent and transparent water assessment of mining projects to ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... indices for five areas in ICT sustainability - equipment lifecycle procurement and disposal, end user computing, enterprise and data centre, IT as a low-carbon enabler and metrics. The methodology measured attitude, policy, practice and technology and ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... available," said Peter Lunt, executive manager - investment at superannuation fund VicSuper. "On the social side, there is less data and less comparable data and it is less quantifiable.... We ask our managers how or if the integrate social and the answers ...