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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 ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... disclosed scope 1 and 2 emissions from their operations, and 54% of companies disclosed scope 3 emissions from their value chain activities," the report said. "While companies were able to identify the most carbon intensive activities from their value ...

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... robust water stewardship strategies are characterized by having a comprehensive knowledge of water use across their value chain and the impact (current and projected) that water-related issues have on their business and vice versa," CDP said in the report. ...

UN Statistics Division releases ecosystem accounting system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... Account, to establish an economic valuation of the company's environmental, social and economic impacts along its value chain, including down the supply chain. "If you look at Puma, Puma do environmental accounting," McWilliams said. "They are currently ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... in which companies can do social good while also developing new products and markets, lifting productivity in the value chain and building a supportive industry in areas where they do business, Dunn said. "There are examples of this, like Rio Tinto talking ...