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CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... utilising these technologies as well as manufacturing businesses which focus on producing inputs to these technologies. Westpac Institutional Bank believes that the CEFC should play a complementary role to private sector investment in clean energy projects ...

WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... 2012 report. The WOB report found that the banks scored highest on the traffic light system - Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Westpac and ANZ all scored green lights, and Suncorp-Metway and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank were close behind with the top level amber ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Dalton Nicol Reid, Dexus Property Group, MTAA Superannuation Fund, Perpetual Investments, The GPT Group, VicSuper, and Westpac Banking Corporation.

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... report named the top 10 companies by their overall approach to integrated reporting - Amcor, GPT, Santos, Transurban, Westpac, Oil Search, AGL, Rio Tinto, IAG, and Orica. Evans noted that all of the companies in the top 10 have reported on ESG factors ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... starting to demand more information around sustainability data. The other trigger is work around the supply chain. You have Westpac, for example, asking questions of suppliers and people are providing information on how they match up to these questions ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has recorded increases in employee engagement and the percentage of women in leadership and decreases in its lost time injury frequency rate (LITFR) and greenhouse gas emissions, against a backdrop of a net profit of AU$6.99bn, an increase ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... common National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) framework, said Emma Herd, director of emissions and environment at Westpac, a sponsor of the report. "There have been changes in the way things are disclosed," Herd said. "NGER has increased the ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... corporations responded to the CDP questionnaire, and the report was authored by PwC on behalf of CDP. In the report, CDP named Westpac Banking Corporation as one of the top 10 best performing companies on its Carbon Performance Leadership Index (CPLI) ...

AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Innovation Awards for its 2010 Sustainability Report. In 2010, AGL was jointly awarded best sustainability report with Westpac at the 2010 ACCA reporting awards ceremony. That year, AGL also won the award for best disclosure of environmental, social ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... top. Q: It's interesting to see which companies have made this issue of hiring women into management a priority - both Westpac and ANZ have made targeted commitments, haven't they? AM: I discuss the approach which many of the top listed companies have ...