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Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... oxide abatement technology at Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy and Fertilisers," along with efforts across the rest of the business, Wesfarmers said. Wesfarmers also reported that this year, discount department store divisions Target and Wesfarmers committed ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... to making up to AU$6 billion available for lending and investment in cleantech and environmental services across the business, with AU$4.0 billion had been made available by the end of March 2014, and a total of AU$8 billion lent by the end of the financial ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Water insecurity is likely to constrain companies' business growth, but water risk assessments are "often" falling short in both direct operations and supply chain, according to CDP. Cate Lamb, head of CDP's water program CDP recently published the ...

Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Unilever, representing a market capitalization of over US$3 trillion, according to CDP. "There's clearly an imperative and a business case for removing deforestation from supply chains, and I think companies are recognising it more this year than any ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... commitment to be fossil fuel free in their lending, or who don't lend to fossil fuel projects by the nature of their business model," he said. In March of this year, Teachers Mutual Bank released a statement clarifying that their sustainability policies ...

CEFC allocates more than AU$930m in first full year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... CEFC said. Potential investments include "energy efficiency aggregation financing programs focused on small to mid-sized business, rooftop solar PV financing, bioenergy and waste-to energy projects" and cover "transport, storage and remote and end-of-grid ...

CDSB publishes final draft of expanded framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Directive." "The CDSB Framework adopts relevant principles from existing reporting standards and practices with which business is already familiar, standardizing reporting of environmental information through collaboration and by identifying and coalescing ...

bankmecu MD discusses integrated reporting implementation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... practitioner. The thing for us is that using IR has promoted behaviour changes - it's really about integrated thinking in the business. We draw on all the disciplines in the business and the executive team has to review the draft documents of the IR ...

Interest in green, social bonds continuing: JPMorgan Chase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... businesses in developing countries. There's also interest in a bond that is designed to alleviate poverty, called an Inclusive Business Bond. These bonds focus on bringing the very poorest, in the base of the pyramid, into the supply chain. It's really ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
There is a business case for increasing the amount of urban green space by 20% by 2020, according to 202020 Vision, a multistakeholder group. 202020 Vision, which is comprised of businesses, governments, academics, NGOs and community groups, has launched ...