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Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... control, including targeting supply chain efficiencies, but those efficiency gains must not come at the expense of the sustainability of the supply chain, according to a report by AMP Capital. Australian retailers have been hit by a number of prevailing ...

The UpSide Interview: Geoff Sinclair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this interview by Katerina Kimmorley with Geoff Sinclair, head of carbon sales and trading, Standard Bank, about how UK banks have made profits out of the Clean Development Mechanism, and the implications ...

Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... chairman, Rothschild, Steve Tucker, chief executive officer, MLC, David Bell, general manager, corporate affairs and sustainability, Westpac Group, Simon Longstaff executive director, St James Ethics Centre, and Clare Payne, consulting fellow, St James ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and transition to a low-Âcarbon economy." Hill is an adjunct professor in sustainability at the US Studies Centre and chancellor of the University of Adelaide. He is a former chairman of the Australian Carbon Trust ...

GRI opens comment on anti-corruption, GHG guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... anti-corruption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting. GRI is currently developing the next generation of its sustainability reporting guidelines, also known as G4. The exposure draft is now out for comment until 25 September, but as part of the ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... years has been on enabling businesses to capture the value of energy and water efficiency, renewable energy and sustainability and Anna's experience has been helping us achieve this". Stock recently retired from Origin Energy, after working as executive ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund invests in Swanston St retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... been easy to access and has allowed us to overcome a key barrier that owners corporations face when looking at sustainability projects - obtaining finance for retrofits," Mr Figg said. "We look forward to realising both environmental and economic benefits ...

Sustainability reports a driver of action and engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Sustainability reports provide external parties such as investors the opportunity to assess a company's performance to long term goals, and provides stakeholders with an opportunity to engage with the process of achieving sustainable targets, said panellists ...

La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... University has disclosed achievements and omissions against environmental and social performance indicators in its 2011 sustainability report, and has set targets for 2015 and 2020 including integrating sustainability issues throughout education, reducing ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... according to research conducted by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Prince of Wales's Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Project, in collaboration with Radley Yeldar. According to the survey, 70% rated governance information as the most ...