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Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... export ban, which took us the best part of three months to reopen the market, and that had a significant impact on the business and flow- on impact across the network as well." Elders' live export operations were covered under a revised export control ...

NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Cameron Clyne, NAB CEO, said that the bank is considering the role of natural capital and exploring how the bank can review business models in light of managing natural value. "NAB recognises that all companies are dependent on ecosystem services, either ...

Sunshine Coast TAFE certified carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... corporate employees servicing 17,000 students. The Carbon Neutral Program is a voluntary scheme which certifies products or business operations as carbon neutral under the Australian Government's National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). See Also: Environmental ...

Wesfarmers recognised at Australian Sustainability Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Year for the second time. Barefoot Power was named Small Company of the Year. Barefoot Power is a technology-replacement business that brings affordable solar lights to the poor in 20 countries, replacing kerosene lanterns. Bantix Worldwide was recognised ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... the City of Melbourne, Sustainable Melbourne Fund and Varga Brothers, owner of 460 Collins Street in the city's central business district, as part of the City of Melbourne 1200 Buildings Program. The funds will allow for the installation of an energy ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... around those upstream social things - the labour rights stuff and the human rights stuff. I think for a lot of Australian business, at least in my experience, they assume that if their supplier is operating in Australia, then they're meeting the law ...

Low Carbon Australia partners with Macquarie Equipment Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Australia in the clean energy field," said Low Carbon Australia CEO Meg McDonald. ""This program will benefit Australian business, enabling them to realise immediate energy cost savings, improve their energy performance and achieve carbon reductions." ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 2006-2007 levels, while also reducing a reduction of 25% CO2-e per square metre for new store designs as compared to "business as usual" designs. Woolworths will also push water materiality further down the supply chain through its Fresh Food Future ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Brazil, the main source of greenhouse emissions was vehicle fuel consumption. Brazil is the first of the three geographic business units to commence tracking indirect (scope 3) greenhouse gas emissions such as air travel." The company will continue to ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... which has published a list of 20 sustainability issues for professionals seeking to integrate sustainability into core business strategies. In Business briefing series: 20 issues on building a sustainable business, co-authored with KPMG, the institute ...