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Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... safety and diversity measures as well as increasing transparency in its retail chains' supply chain in its 2015 sustainability report. Kate Chaney, sustainability manager corporate affairs, Wesfarmers Wesfarmers reported net profit after tax of AU$2.4 ...

Origin Energy endorses We Mean Business commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... activities to CDP. In 2014, Origin was scored 83/C for its reporting and management. CDP has previously told The Sustainability Report that globally, there are 12 listed power generation companies that score in the A band for their management of carbon ...

CEFC to provide up to $30m financing to City of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... facilities such as the Carlton Baths and Carlton Resource Centre and the remaining AU$4.4 million will be used on "other sustainability initiatives based on the outcomes of a five year council emission reduction plan," according to a joint statement ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Health Super to create one of Australia's largest public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner talks with The Sustainability Report about the fund's approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues as part of the fund's investment process. ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... any diversity really jumps out. What the board skills matrix is doing is that it hones the attention in on the sustainability of the model in terms of diversity, and in any ecosystem, unless you have hybrid vigour, your population is going to die out." ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp launch insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... converted into 23 cover notes, of which 14 policies have been paid and started, Good Shepherd Microfinance told The Sustainability Report. That pilot process provided a lot of learning for both Good Shepherd Microfinance and Suncorp, and in designing ...

AGL Energy joins We Mean Business Coalition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... demonstrate that their activities are aligned to the a 2oC carbon constrained future, and the company said that its 2016 sustainability report will contain "further detailed scenario analysis showing that AGL's GHG Policy and other initiatives" will ...

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) has named Westpac Banking Group and Stockland as industry group leaders in the 2015 indices review. DJSI has also added BHP Billiton as one of the three largest addition to the indices by market capitalisation. ...

Pollinate Energy sells 10,000th solar light

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... also has three women starting up, and they are doing the early training." Pollinate Energy previously told The Sustainability Report that women earn around 200 rupees a day on average and men can earn 300 to 500 rupees per day on average. If people have ...

Investors launch GRESB Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
A group of institutional infrastructure investors have launched GRESB Infrastructure, a global sustainability benchmark for infrastructure assets. Investors including AIMCo, APG, ATP, Aviva Investors, CalPERS, Mirova, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan ...