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Stockland reports on integrated sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... sustainability strategy takes a three pillar approach - "shape thriving communities", "optimise and innovate", and "enrich our value chain". "These relate to our business pillars and how we grow our asset returns and our customer base," Rooney said. ...

NAB sets science based target for Scope 1 and 2 emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... GHG Protocol Corporate Standard. However, the bank has not set a target for Scope 3 emissions - emissions down the value chain. The bank said it didn't set that target "as there is currently no standard framework or agreed methodology for science-based ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... covers the full range of risks and opportunities, which includes emissions, stranded asset risk, physical impacts and value chain considerations. For example, companies may have a low or a high direct carbon footprint but their products may impact positively/negatively ...

Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... the industry gets bigger, it will get better focused on examining what their customers need." This means that as the value chain gets more complex, the sector must manage issues like food safety, human rights concerns such as worker exploitation as well ...

KPMG Australia launches supplier code of conduct

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... do not meet any of those commitments. Down the track, we will look to auditing suppliers and making sure that the value chain is aligned with what we represent." KPMG Australia will include a questionnaire drawing upon the code of conduct with all future ...

Sustainability reporting improving, room to grow: WBCSD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... companies are reporting on impacts beyond direct operations, which suggests "a widening focus on impacts across the value chain," WBCSD said. The report also noted that the lag between the end of the reporting year and the publication dates of sustainability ...

ESG concerns a challenge for mining projects: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... again, impinge on the potential success of a project and can impact on company reputation. Going further down the value chain, the ESG concerns over gas and coal projects have impacts on the banks that finance projects. "The banks are obviously an intermediary," ...

NCD launches Soft Commodities Forest-risk Assessment Tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... policies adopted by banks and investors to analyse the risk of deforestation and forest degradation in the agricultural value chain. "Addressing deforestation is high on the twenty-first century policy agenda," said Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary-general ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... reporting scope 1 and2 emissions are more likely to invest in initiatives to reduce emissions and find savings across the value chain."

EY buys Net Balance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Jeyaretnam told The Sustainability Report. Net Balance brings "expertise and experience across the sustainability value chain, expertise working with the public, private and not for profit sectors, and deep technical experience," Jeyaretnam said. When ...