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Renewable energy could meet up to 80% of global supply by 2050: IPCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... group examined over 160 existing scientific scenarios on the possible penetration of renewables by 2050, alongside environmental and social implications, and analysed four scenarios in-depth. While the scenarios arrive at a range of estimates, the overall ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... they have a strategy for corporate sustainability, with cost reduction a key rationale and a primary focus on the environmental side, particularly on resource and energy efficiency. According to KPMG's Corporate Sustainability: A Progress Report, 62% ...

GRI developing oil and gas sector reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... guidelines for the oil and gas sector, to be used by organizations for measuring and reporting on the economic, environmental, social, and governance dimensions of their activities, products, and services. The oil and gas sector guidelines are a version ...

NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
Miners in the Upper Hunter Valley of New South Wales have engaged with stakeholders by commissioning a stakeholder survey to start a dialogue on the impacts of coal mining. The survey, commissioned by the New South Wales Minerals Council (NSWMC) shows ...

ANZ reviewing "sensitive sector" policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
ANZ Bank is reviewing its sensitive sector policies to ensure that their corporate responsibility framework is consistent with their customer engagement in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors including water, forestry, energy and mining and ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Principle 7 establishes how companies should disclose and communicate "material" business risks, including: operational, environmental, sustainability, compliance, strategic, ethical, reputation or brand, technological, product or service quality, human ...

Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... fail to make the connection between the organisation's strategy, its financial performance and its performance on environmental, social and governance issues," the report said in its introduction. "Much of what is currently reported tends to be backward-looking ...

Transparency improving around miners' ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2011  |  NEWS
A growing number of mining and metals companies are providing data on social and environmental impacts, according to a report by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). Of the ICCM's 18 members, 17 reported on their sustainability performance ...

UN PRI rolls out mandatory fees, expanded agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... help Australian signatories to develop their expertise achieving long-term investment returns through analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. "It's important that we provide the support and the resources to the Australian signatories ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... Primary Industries Energy Sector Development Division Director Ralph Griffiths, Latrobe Institute for Social and Environmental Sustainability's Research Fellow Stephen Muir and Sustainable Investment Research Institute's (SIRIS) Associate Director of ...