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UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... media statement. "It is clear that a company's management of ESG issues does play a role in its ability to deliver sustainable returns to its investors, and users of the Clearinghouse recognise that exercising the rights associated with ownership of ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... typically comes with additional risk in terms of quality, lead times and sweatshop issues." The AMP Capital report by sustainable research analyst Mans Carlsson-Sweeny cited Myer as one example. Myer has not renewed its contract with Asian sourcing agent ...

The UpSide Interview: Geoff Sinclair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... a series of discussions with UK-based climate change economics and business experts in The UpSide: what next for a sustainable Australia? The interviews focus on topics ranging from "from leading global agreement negotiations to dealing with risk in ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... said. "There is a growing awareness of the natural capital involved and the opportunities that could unfold around the sustainable use of forests. In Melbourne, for example, watersheds supply the city with water and the forests where those sheds are ...

GRI opens comment on anti-corruption, GHG guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Protocol, a set of standards jointly released by the World Resources Institute and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the ISO 14064 standard produced by the International Standards Organization for Standardization. "It's important ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Biodiversity Advisory Board and a director of the Carbon Market Institute, and a member of the board of trustees at the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. Rob Jamieson, Sustainable Melbourne Fund chairman, congratulated Skarbek on her appointment. "Anna has ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund invests in Swanston St retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Sustainable Melbourne Fund has invested in a AU$440,000 environmental retrofit of a commercial building held by an owners corporation. Scott Bocskay The SMF investment will fund the installation of an energy efficient chiller unit at 55 Swanston Street ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... stakeholders, especially employees. Best practice corporate community investments and their related programs are most sustainable when the strategy underpinning them, and their progress, are well understood. Sentiment from the employee focus groups conducted ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... performance to long term goals, and provides stakeholders with an opportunity to engage with the process of achieving sustainable targets, said panellists participating in a discussion accompanying the launch of La Trobe University 's 2011 sustainability ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... income. Asset manager are also allocating to themed investment strategies such as clean energy, energy efficiency and sustainable timber, and over half of investors - 63% of asset managers and 62% of asset owners - invest in climate solutions, with developed ...