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WOB: ASX200 companies not meeting gender diversity standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... level amber rating of 2.3. Diversified financials, telecommunications, transportation and insurance also scored well. Materials were in the red zone, with the exception of BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and OZ Minerals. The report found that there was no correlation ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... with an average of 4m tonnes of carbon emissions a year - independent power producers and energy traders, construction materials, electric utilities, marine, multi-utilities, oil, gas and consumable fuels, airlines, metals and mining, paper and forest ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... with their agricultural supply chains. Seven of the 11 growers completed the questionnaire and one provided "relevant materials." The report was written by Common Fields, a sustainable agriculture collective. "There was a wide variety of responses; some ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 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.

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 ...