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Sustainable practices can yield sustainable profits: Calvert

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... as these issues remain top-of-mind to consumers. This convergence was evident in certain industries that process raw materials, including containers & packaging, paper & forest products, and building products." Serafeim and Calvert's analysis tested ...

Climate change, ageing population to cause twin impacts: Actuaries Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... sector-level return impacts to 2050 are all negative except for renewables, infrastructure, and minor positives for materials, telecoms and consumer staples. In 3C and 4C scenarios, all sectors, apart from renewables, have negative return impacts to ...

Companies increase ESG reporting, but "glaring gaps" remain: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... level of morale and culture, as well as a leading indicator for retaining staff," the report said. "For example, one Materials company had only 53% of staff respond to their survey and of those that responded it was determined that 99% of those were ...

T. Rowe Price evaluates sustainability impacts of plastic consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... they're trying to meeting those changes in demand." This particular piece of research was also put to T. Rowe Price's materials sector analysts. "The materials sector is not close to the end consumer, so we want them to think about this more broadly ...

Coca-Cola Amatil joins membership of BCSD Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... and clear, that unnecessary packaging is unacceptable, and we need to do our part by continuing the switch to recycled materials," Watkins said. "We also recognise the need to act on climate change and will source 60% of our energy from low-carbon and ...

Baptist World Aid Australia rates fashion companies on human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... report also found that since 2013, 32% more companies are tracing inputs suppliers and 31% more companies are tracing raw materials suppliers. However, while 70% of companies could demonstrate tracing all final stage suppliers, only 18% have traced all ...

Corporate culture a factor in stock selection: WCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... things that are readily available like turnover in a company, like safety records at a company, particularly if it's a materials/industrial firm, then digging in beyond that, to make sure there's a common thread aligning the people in an organisation ...

ACSI research outlines guidelines to assessing Modern Slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... in pharmaceuticals, medical device manufacturing, as well as bio-technology. These include workers' exposure to toxic materials, unfair wages, failure to obtain proper consent in clinical trials and forced labour in production of raw materials for medical ...

Big data, ESG ratings can combine to unlock investment return: TruValue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... like NGOs and watchdogs,"Malinak said. "Then you have your industry specific publications. People who track hazardous materials and data, etc." TruValueLabs is pushing into non-English languages by teaching their computers to analyse Japanese and German ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... for member companies "I think what the tool does is that it recognises a hierarchy of best practices when it comes to materials and packaging," said Lachlan Feggans, senior manager, sustainability Asia-Pacific at CHEP Australia. "What the tool is designed ...