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Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... question that society is now facing on stewardship of the environment and human/social development, some of the sustainability challenge - social and environmental challenges - we are facing in Asia will affect institutional investor decisions," said ...

Low Carbon Australia finances stadium lighting upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Central Coast Youth Club (CCYC) on the outskirts of Gosford, NSW, has installed a AU$50,000 lighting system by Global Sustainability Initiatives (GSI). The multi-lamp high technology reflector lighting was installed in the basketball courts, stadium ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... injury frequency rate, as well as increases in water consumption and declines in community contributions in its 2012 sustainability report. Wesfarmers' overall greenhouse gas emissions fell to 6.8m tonnes CO2-e, down from 7.7m in 2011. That figure encompasses ...

RepuTex-ESG offering free ESG data on Asian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... as well as regular content, RepuTex-ESG said. ESG-Connect will also be the new hub for the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series, which is managed by Hang Seng Indexes Company in collaboration with RepuTex-ESG. The Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability ...

Local Government Super wins property sustainability award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has been given an award by the Australian Property Institute (API) for the sustainability features of one of its Sydney properties. LGS office property, 120 Sussex St Sydney API gave LGS the Environmental Award for the Carnegie ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Stakeholders are asking for more transparency from sustainability reports, particularly around governance issues, according to research from the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Reporting (ACCSR). Leeora Black ACCSR has issued a report, Materiality ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... organisational information. The analysis was carried out by Manidis Roberts on behalf of GRI Focal Point Australia. "Sustainability reporting can add value and quality to management information, ensuring that vital performance information is disclosed ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... factory against the sun, Nugent said in a media statement. "We like to think of ourselves as an industry leader in sustainability and we encourage our customers to consider how using our services can reduce their own carbon footprint," Nugent said. "We've ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... tailored payment arrangement as the organisation will be refurbishing the business in the initial phase, SEFA told The Sustainability Report at the time. Triodos Bank was founded in 1980 to provide a "bridging function" between the not for profit world ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Macready, Christian Super CIO. "We've had a reasonably positive response from companies that are improving their sustainability reporting," Macready said. "There is still a good third of companies that have African mining operations domiciled in Australia ...