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Zoos Victoria certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Werribee Open Range Zoo and Melbourne Zoo have more than 1.9 million visitors each year, combined. Zoos Victoria has had a strategy to manage all environmental impacts associated with operating its zoos since 2008 and is the first zoo Australia and one ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Investor Relations team doesn't speak to Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Responsibility doesn't speak to Group Strategy, it's very difficult. The IIRC framework isn't that onerous, but you need to have the internal mechanisms in place to apply ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has released its 2013 reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional ...

Companies advised to manage carbon price future uncertainty

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
With the future of the carbon pricing mechanism hinging on the outcome of the September federal election, business is struggling with making long-term decisions, according to Norton Rose. Elisa de Wit There are two main areas where businesses are being ...

The hidden movement: how responsible brands strike back

STEPHEN HALE  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Stephen Hale, a director at Core and former founding MD of OgilvyEarth. Core is an independent Sydney-based marketing and strategy agency Stephen Hale The other day a well known marketing director asked me, "Has the green product movement disappeared ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Businesses around the world are addressing climate change as a strategic long-term risk despite the lack of political consensus. Andrew Hoffman, professsor of sustainable enterprise, University of Michigan Impacted by extreme weather events and guided ...

RobecoSAM to use CDP questions in DJSI questionnaire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... questions in its environmental data collection approach to public companies. RobecoSAM will align seven of its climate strategy questions with the CDP questions in a move to improve the comparability of sustainability data and to simplify the process ...

UN Global Compact, GRI most cited CSR instruments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... refer to CSR instruments less frequently that than the average." The European Commission in October 2011 adopted a CSR strategy emphasising a core set of internationally recognised guidelines and principles. Those included the guidelines noted above. ...

ACCSR to teach master class at GRI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) is one of six organisations chosen to run a master class at the Global Reporting Initiative conference in Amsterdam in May. Leeora Black Six GRI certified training partners have been ...

ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Women now comprise 15.5% of ASX200 board members, an increase of 24 women from 2012, according to an annual audit into board diversity performed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The ACSI audit showed that for the first time ...