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CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... customers to create demand, and understanding and articulating risks and opportunities around use of the five commodities. Australian company Brambles was named industrials and auto industry sector leader.

NAB sets five-year corporate responsibility commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... to future services for customers in areas including superannuation and retirement provision, providing services for Australian businesses doing work in the Asian region, but also their approach to issues like natural capital valuation and performance ...

ARENA funds UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing AU$165,280 to a project that is developing strategies to increase community renewables in Australia. ARENA is providing part of the funding to the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures for ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... awareness. There is only going to be a greater need to put human rights considerations into corporate policies for Australian miners, because Australian miners are seeking opportunities outside of Australia, Boele noted. "There's a significant trend ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunity for Kyoto-compliant credits to be generated and then sold overseas, although again, the proposed link between the Australian ETS and the European Union's ETS would be severed when the CPM was abolished. The ERF is designed to reward projects ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... finance loan," according to the bank, and provided educational seminars through Westpac's Davidson Institution for Australian small business customers on managing in a low carbon economy. In terms of better financial futures, the bank said launched new ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... governments and industries are doing to tackle climate change, which I hope will inspire others to do the same." A second Australian project, 1 Million Women, was also selected, along with projects from Ghana, India, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Mozambique ...

bankmecu: integrated reporting develops integrated thinking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... director. Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director bankmecu, Australia's first 100% customer owned bank, is one of three Australian companies to participate in the IIRC's pilot programme to road-test the draft guidelines. "Our goal was to develop very ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... the performance of their investments. The portfolio benchmark return was based on a weighted average of the five-year Australian government bond rate, net of fees. In its first six months, the CEFC has exceeded that benchmark, the fund said. "The CEFC ...

IGCC welcomes CCA draft report on emissions targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... reductions at reasonable cost." The IGCC notes that either 15% or 25% reductions by 2020 presents challenges for the Australian economy in that they would already incorporate existing emissions reductions from reduced energy demand, reclassification ...