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Wesfarmers: lower CO2, more supply chain transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... factories on its website in December 2013, and in 2014 published manes and addresses of factories in Cambodia, Southern China, India and Indonesia. Target published the names and addresses of its factories in Bangladesh in August 2014, Wesfarmers said. ...

Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... class, and that puts pressures on company practices, whether it's producing clothing in Bangladesh or producing cars in china. There are a billion or more people joining this class of consumption, and we see that as a sustainability issue." Institutional ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... and oil sands are the most carbon-intensive energy sources and most susceptible to carbon regulatory risks, concerns in China over pollution and water, and the introduction of energy and carbon efficiency standards in the US utilities sector as global ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Project, which involves modelling teams from 15 major emitters - Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, the UK and the USA. These countries ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... boards and management to be held accountable to shareholders." Alternatively, AMP Capital highlighted Germany, Japan and China, where companies are controlled by "a small identifiable group of long-term owners" where governance processes primarily aim ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... therefore have high proportions of Asian board directors (e.g. Singtel)." The report defines "Asia" as including "East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea etc.), South East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam etc.) and South Asia (India, Pakistan ...

PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... cotton in India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, sugar cane and sugar beet in Bangladesh and India, and what in China, India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. PRI is leveraging the research to form the basis of a collaborative engagement ...

ARENA invests in Sunverge Energy via venture capital fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... million - has come from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and the other AU$3.8 million has come from Softbank China Venture Capital (SBCVC). This is part of a USD 15 million (AUD 16.3 million) financing round that also received contributions ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... opportunities for those Australian retailers that outsource apparel production to suppliers based in countries including China, Cambodia and Bangladesh. These risks for both the companies and their investors include ethical concerns, calculations of ...

Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... will also look to the different approaches to climate change policy and public engagement across the Asia Pacific region. China and Indonesia, for instance, are approaching climate change policy in terms of alleviating poverty and developmental concerns." ...