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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... companies, or 4% of disclosing companies, considered carbon pricing a risk of high impact - these companies were in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Energy sectors." This year's report provided insights into how Australian companies are providing ...

New standards for measuring GHG emissions in value chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Cycle Standard enables companies to measure the greenhouse gas emissions of an individual product. The standard covers materials, manufacturing, use and disposal and is aimed at helping companies improve and design new products. "The new GHG Protocol ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... consumer discretionary with 12.4% representation, up from 9.7% in 2010. The lowest proportion of women on boards is in materials, with 5.6%, energy, 6% and information technology, 7.5%. The report notes that the utilities sector last year saw women represent ...

Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Copper and Gold, Goldcorp, Gold Fields, Hydro, JX Nippon Mining and Metals, Lonmin, Minerals and Metals Group, Mitsubishi Materials, Newmont, Rio Tinto, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Teck, Vale, and Xstrata.

GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... and up to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions in cities and towns. The supplement also covers areas including building and materials certification and labour health and safety issues. "[The] new guidance will help construction and real estate companies be ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... continued urbanization of developing economies bodes well for Australian export sectors given the need for building materials. "On a positive aspect, the trend towards urbanisation is a good thing, because that's resource intensive. To the extent that ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... certified carbon neutral by Low Carbon Australia. The bank also outlined progress and future actions on labour, pointing to materials within the human rights policy and commitments to "ensure fair and safe working conditions, eliminate discrimination ...

PUMA's environmental P&L reporting: a model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... that the biggest environmental impacts happen not within PUMA's operations, but with its Tier 4 suppliers - where raw materials are derived from natural resources. This part of the supply chain accounts for 36% of the total GHG emissions and 52% of water ...

ICMM releases climate change policy paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... Copper and Gold, Goldcorp, Gold Fields, Hydro, JX Nippon Mining and Metals, Lonmin, Minerals and Metals Group, Mitsubishi Materials, Newmont, Rio Tinto, Sumitomo Metal Mining, Teck, Vale, and Xstrata. The ICMM's climate change policy principles: 1. provide ...