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More Australian companies report corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... report only in the annual report - including 17 of the 25 new reporters since the last survey - and 2% report on their company website only. The Global Reporting Initiative is overwhelmingly used as the basis for the CR reports, the survey found. "Overall ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... the previous day. This permits building managers to calibrate their systems to manage those impacts, Dawson said. The company also focuses on educating tenants and investors on sustainability initiatives. "It's both for risk mitigation and for market ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... of scope 3 emissions, such as business travel, most likely because they're relatively easy to measure," Day said. "If a company is using a single or a limited number of business travel providers, then many of those sorts of providers can provide emissions ...

NZ Super Fund invests in wind turbine developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has invested US$55 million in a US company that develops wind turbines. US-based Ogin Inc. uses aerospace technology to develop a smaller, high-performance wind turbine, the fund said. It is a privately held company. ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... level of education to gain buy-in from internal stakeholders such as employees. Barnard of Stockland highlighted how the company created its Liveability Index, a quantitative measure of what makes housing developments desirable, safe and healthy for ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... between individual ESG factors and overall earnings and share prices, but in aggregate, they can highlight the quality of a company's management and identify mispriced stocks, according to Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, senior research analyst at AMP Capital ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... create demand, and understanding and articulating risks and opportunities around use of the five commodities. Australian company Brambles was named industrials and auto industry sector leader.

CDSB guide for companies complying with UK GHG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Report). It will aid companies that want to provide contextual information to explain both GHG emissions results and how the company is managing risks and opportunities stemming from climate change. The guidance shows links between companies' existing ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... reach and diversity, and the four case studies address different human rights issues, but the commonality is that each company has committed to respecting human rights in a systemic fashion, said Richard Boele, a director of the Global Compact Network ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... photovoltaic power plant in northern NSW. CEFC and National Australia Bank also co-financed a project by Australian Agricultural Company Limited (AACo), for the installation of solar PV units across 15 grid-connected sites in Queensland and an innovative ...