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Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Executive remuneration will continue to be a topic of engagement, but the debate could evolve into a wider question of social justice, in line with rising emphasis on social issues like human rights. "The top priority, based on over 300 survey responses ...

Integrated Reporting to generate value, costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... activities in a context useful to users of financial reports," CPA Australia said in its submission. "This has significant social benefits and contributes to the 'social license' to operate. Further, it is vital that the emphasis be on meeting the needs ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... balance sheet assets "in excess" of AU$37bn and net equity of AU$17bn. Westfield Group reported on material environmental, social and governance issues affecting its physical assets in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
2012 is set to be another full year for sustainability and environmental, social and governance considerations, including events like the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in June, we look back at the topics that stirred interest ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Optus said responsible marketing, customer service and safety, driving innovation and uptake of technology and building social inclusion were all material issues to their corporate responsibility (CR) goal. Optus, a subsidiary of the ASX and Singapore ...

Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... of Australia, New Zealand, South America and the US. See Also: Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... together to create the conditions necessary to maintain and enhance natural capital as a critical economic, ecological and social asset." Cameron Clyne, NAB CEO, said that the bank is considering the role of natural capital and exploring how the bank ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... ensures that we remain at the forefront of investment innovation." GRESB conducts a survey assessing the environmental and social performance of public and private commercial real estate investments. It is used by institutional investors to engage with ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... passes it back to the financier. "The money is to be mobilised towards retrofit projects that deliver environmental and social outcomes, and the city can use its ratings mechanism to de-risk the investment from the investors' point of view," said Scott ...

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 ...