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Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... alcoholic beverages and is in the gaming industry with its ALH Group joint venture with Bruce Mathieson Group, which the company acknowledged are both areas of public interest. The group also detailed its ethical sourcing policy, which "includes four ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Pacific Hydro, a renewable energy company owned by Industry Funds Management's Australian Infrastructure Fund, reported a reduction in its carbon footprint of 37%, primarily due to a decrease in construction activities, while also reporting net sales ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... with 51,832 employees involved," the report noted. "The average number of employees undertaking community activities with company support is up to 20%. This rise may be due to more active promotion of volunteering by members but also improved data collection. ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
With more institutional investors becoming more active in voting their proxy votes, company directors must improve their communication throughout the year, said David Crawford, chairman of Foster's Group and Lend Lease Group. This year's annual general ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... affected our ability to reduce customer paper usage despite a 10% reduction in office paper." ANZ also reported that the company donated AU$3.7m provided to assist communities affected by natural disasters across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Mirvac Group, the property development, investment, and management company, has identified 22 sustainability related issues that are material to the group and its stakeholders. The issue, which range from business conduct to supply chain, was the basis ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Elders, the rural services and automotive components supply company, recorded a lost time injury frequency rate (LITFR) of 6.3 for its rural services division, as compared to 5.60 to September 2010, and reported an effluent leak at one of its Victorian ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... great lengths to report on its activities in this space, even winning an award for best ESG disclosure by an Australasian company at the 2010 Australasian Investor Relations Association. That is why the past few months of industrial tension and the dramatic ...

Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Sydney-headquartered COzero is both a buyer of offsets and an originator of offsets through projects in Australia and in China. The company was founded in 2007, and will seek to list on the Hong Kong Exchange in the next year, Armstrong said. In addition ...

Global Reporting Initiative launches sustainability database

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... reports and profile information to the database. "Financial figures are no longer enough to get the full picture of a company's performance," said Ernst Ligteringen, GRI chief executive. "Stakeholders of all sorts want to take a company's sustainability ...