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ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... of their financing operations go towards emissions-intensive assets, and the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has said it will this year continue to engage with banks for even further transparency. Last year, ACCR campaigned to ...

Paula Benson appointed NAB GM corporate affairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Bank (NAB). Paula Benson, general manager, corporate affairs, NAB Benson will retain her role as head of corporate responsibility at NAB, and commenced her new role last month. She joined NAB in 2011 as general manager corporate responsibility and led ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... more than just shareholder considerations, given increased community expectations of higher levels of corporate responsibility. These issues represent multiple areas of interest, with the Governance Institute of Australia citing fracking, corporate tax ...

Creating shared value a strategic opportunity for banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... solutions to global challenges, according to research from consultancy FSG. Paula Benson, general manager, corporate responsibility, NAB The research paper, Banking on Shared Value, focuses on the role banks have in society through the lens of shared ...

Sustainability reporting a source of key business value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... stakeholders as part of their annual materiality review process, said Joanna Regan, senior consultant, corporate responsibility (CR) strategy at NAB. "We will go out to various internal and external stakeholders through way of surveys and one-to-one ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that lead in corporate responsibility are linking sustainability progress with remuneration and have strong stakeholder engagement on sustainability, according to the Business in the Community (BITC) 2014 Corporate Responsibility Index. BITC ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... within the context of its Wealth of Opportunity strategy - a three-pillar business strategy approach with corporate responsibility commitments for 2014-2018. The three pillars are: helping Australians have a healthy relationship with money, cultivating ...

NAB, bankmecu, Stockland on Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... participating in the International Integrated Reporting Council's pilot programme. Janette O'Neill, head of corporate responsibility, National Australia Bank The Sustainability Report spoke with bankmecu, the National Australia Bank and Stockland, who ...

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 ...

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has made five-year corporate responsibility commitments in its 2013 annual review, a departure from previous practice of setting annual sustainability targets. Graphic courtesy NAB The Wealth of Opportunity strategy is ...