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Metcash drop paper supplier over Indonesian foresting concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... the sustainable supply chain management program, suppliers fill in an online questionnaire that delves into their environmental and social policies, which Metcash uses as part of the selection process. The process is designed to improve transparency ...

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... seen nine of its 11 directly owned buildings upgraded from five NABERS stars to six stars, the maximum score for environmental performance of commercial buildings. One of LGS's properties awarded 6 NABERS Stars, 120 Sussex St Sydney NABERS is a national ...

Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders revenue opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... legal expert cautions that compliance costs will be high and that further clarification is needed to be sure that environmental rehabilitation plans for closing mines are eligible for participation in the scheme. Grant Anderson The Federal Parliament ...

Disclosing sustainability risks, engaging stakeholders vital to corporate interests

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA ). Adams recently bylined a piece for ACCA on the need for companies embed environmental sustainability as a core strategy and cited water consumption as one area in which more could and should be done. Water consumption ...

Mirvac Group net profit up 30%, increased energy savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... real estate sector for the inaugural Global FTSE4Good ESG Ratings, it had the highest score, "Best Practice", for environmental performance by CGI Lewis & Co and it was a signatory of the City of Sydney's Better Buildings Partnership.

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors can integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their investment approaches in a number of structured fashions, including tilting towards or against ESG factors, taking an active ownership approach, targeted ...

R. M. Williams Agricultural Holdings to fund NT property conservation with carbon rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... McKenzie advised RMWAH on the deal. Martijn Wilder, a partner at Baker and McKenzie and global head of the firm's Environmental Markets practice, represented RMWAH and will be chair of the independent committee to oversee the project. "This is a significant ...

AGL wins three awards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... with Westpac at the 2010 ACCA reporting awards ceremony. That year, AGL also won the award for best disclosure of environmental, social and governance information at the Australian Investor Relations Association annual awards presentation. "We are incredibly ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian government's carbon pricing plan will tax mines for "fugitive" gas emissions - emissions of trapped methane that are released during the extraction process, according to a briefing from the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... provisions for board members' workloads, board evaluation, voting based on "one share, one vote" and disclosure of environmental, social and corporate governance policies and practices. Ann Byrne The guide serves the purpose of giving listed companies ...