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CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The agricultural sector will be heavily impacted by effects of climate change, but a study of U.S. suppliers of tomatoes and potatoes shows a widely diverging capability to report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and identify areas of successful emissions ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has become the first private investor to fund an environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) in the City of Melbourne. The agreement, signed between NAB, the City of Melbourne, Low Carbon Australia and the owner of 123 Queen ...

Durban agreements to impact Australia's ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Although the multi-country climate change talks in Durban failed to yield a comprehensive treaty, the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) did result in extensions to programs that ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Environmental Upgrade Agreements (EUAs), a new category of tri-partite lending vehicles, have been created for use in commercial buildings in New South Wales and the City of Melbourne. EUAs provide longer term, fixed rate debt facilities for owners ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The social and environmental supply chain policies and disclosures of ASX-listed companies has come under renewed scrutiny, with Net Balance concluding ASX100 companies do not uniformly disclose those supply chain impacts, and the Australian Council ...

Emerald Wrap to launch RI investment platform in March

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
The Emerald Wrap, an investment, superannuation, and pension platform that will offer a range of responsible investment options, is continuing towards its planned launch in March 2012 by selecting Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as its default cash account ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Woolworths launched a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) to advance opportunities of Indigenous Australians and reported a 30% decrease in its lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR), against a backdrop of a 5.1% increase in net profit to AU$2.124bn for ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
For companies to report and manage sustainability exposures for long-term value creation, they need develop strategies to improve environmental, social and governance performance. So says the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, which has ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
With more institutional investors becoming more active in voting their proxy votes, company directors must improve their communication throughout the year, said David Crawford, chairman of Foster's Group and Lend Lease Group. This year's annual general ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
With the increasing demand for sustainable fixed income investments on the rise, fund managers are creating funds that invest in so-called "green bonds" - bonds with investments in projects such as renewable energy developments. While it is possible ...