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Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... common National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) framework, said Emma Herd, director of emissions and environment at Westpac, a sponsor of the report. "There have been changes in the way things are disclosed," Herd said. "NGER has increased the ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... corporations responded to the CDP questionnaire, and the report was authored by PwC on behalf of CDP. In the report, CDP named Westpac Banking Corporation as one of the top 10 best performing companies on its Carbon Performance Leadership Index (CPLI) ...

AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Innovation Awards for its 2010 Sustainability Report. In 2010, AGL was jointly awarded best sustainability report with Westpac at the 2010 ACCA reporting awards ceremony. That year, AGL also won the award for best disclosure of environmental, social ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... top. Q: It's interesting to see which companies have made this issue of hiring women into management a priority - both Westpac and ANZ have made targeted commitments, haven't they? AM: I discuss the approach which many of the top listed companies have ...

Finsia drafts principles to disclose, address gender divide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... now. The bank has noted that to achieve that target, at least 65% of new executive appointments will have to be female. Westpac has also set a goal to improve the representation of women in senior leadership roles from 33% to 40% by 2014 and ANZ plans ...

Westpac targets 40 percent women in senior management by 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
The Westpac Group has committed to increasing the number of women in senior leadership roles to 40 percent by 2014. Westpac announced this move in a report, On Target, to demonstrate their performance against the UN Women's Empowerment principles, released ...

ANZ targets 40 percent women managers by September

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... named one of 98 "employers of choice for women" by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA). NAB and Westpac were also named employers of choice, according to EOWA.