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Australian grain industry poised for export gains: ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... three years out of five, which impacts on the way in which the bank finances the sector. "As people in the agriculture business, as part of the bank's agriculture department, we work on long-term sustainability," Whitehead said. "You can't have a long ...

Social license to operate key to achieving sustainability goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are a framework for business' role in sustainable development, covering issues business must manage to earn and maintain social license to operate, according to an expert in social research. Robert Boutilier ...

Engaging corporate boards key to embedding sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... push them towards greater engagement with environmental and social issues. Rosemary Sainty, doctoral researcher, UTS Business School and founding Australian representative to the UN Global Compact To grapple with these issues as well as understand the ...

Uncorking economic, environmental benefits of wine on tap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Professor in Accounting and Sustainability in the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance at the Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His particular research interest is in environmental and sustainability ...

GRI creates GOLD Community for stakeholders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... new membership and engagement program, the GRI GOLD Community, consisting of representatives from stakeholders across business, civil society, and government. The GRI GOLD Community consists of representatives of more than 500 organisations from 69 countries ...

RobecoSAM hires ACCSR for engagement over assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... companies to understand their comparative levels of achievement in the important areas for sustainable and responsible business practice and providing robust guidance for where improvement might lie. It is also an international comparison, and it is ...

Investor groups publish real estate climate risk guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... returns over the longer term will need to actively manage ESG and climate-related risks as a routine component of their business thinking, practices and management processes," said Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO of IIGCC.

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... "stocktake" of current practice, Herd of IGCC said. "Many countries have begun introducing mandatory carbon risk reporting for business," she said. "More and more companies are voluntarily reporting on the carbon impacts across their operations through ...

Mercer hires Yolanda Beattie as practice leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... She will spearhead the firm's diversity and inclusion consulting offering, said Garry Adams, leader of Mercer's Talent Business in the Pacific. "Yolanda brings a wealth of knowledge of best-practice gender equity policy and practices from her time at ...

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Climate change risks could significantly impact suppliers' business operations, revenues or expenditures, but less than half of suppliers participating in the CDP's annual supply chain survey have set a target to reduce carbon emissions. CDP has released ...