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Suppliers on notice: Amazon to enforce emissions reporting

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... take place outside our direct operational control," Kara Hurst, vice president and head of worldwide sustainability at Amazon said in a statement. "We know that to decrease our carbon footprint, we must work with our supply chain partners to help them ...

Addressing climate change by investing in environmental solutions: TT International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
... companies but were rather more focused on low carbon; these strategies would typically hold lots of big tech - Facebook, Apple, Amazon etc. These companies don't have a large carbon footprint because they don't own many industrial assets and outsource ...

Cultural factors influence ESG approaches: Morgan Stanley Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... gambling and pork, and Latin America is focused on issues including deforestation, Indigenous people and the state of the Amazon. "We see more questions there about the role of Latin America in the supply chain," she noted. In the case of Australia ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... capital back into growing the company. There are some enormous tech companies that have very rarely bought back shares - Amazon, for example." There is a correlation between founder firms and share buybacks as well, Marshall sad. "That's a strong correlation," ...

Millennials prioritise long term returns, fees in investment funds: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Australian millennials also reported that they are open to buying investments from big tech companies such as Apple, Google and Amazon - 59% of Australian millennials reported that, more than average survey response of 50%. This opens up the possibility ...

Raiz Invest partners with UNSW on machine-learning technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... based on personal preferences. George Lucas, Raiz managing director, said the engine will function as a combination of Amazon's algorithm that shows that one item is often purchased with another item, and Netflix's recommendation that people who watched ...

Nanuk Asset Management on sustainability aspects of artificial intelligence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... companies Hexagon and Ansys, AI consulting service providers such as Accenture and data management / cloud storage such as Amazon, and data networking via Cisco.

Vigeo Eiris upgrades three US companies on human rights criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... executive order banning people from seven countries from entering the United States. Vigeo Eiris has upgraded the scores of Amazon, Expedia and Microsoft in the human rights domain, saying that by supporting legal action filed by the state of Washington ...

Red Meat Advisory Council developing sustainability framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
The Red Meat Advisory Council (RMAC) is developing an Australian Beef Sustainability Framework to define sustainable beef indicators throughout the supply chain. Prue Bondfield, chair of Sustainability Steering Group, Red Meat Advisory Council The Australian ...

Environmental, operating risk to unconventional oil projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... deep- and ultra-deepwater, oil sands, and shale oil and gas, especially those located in fragile environments such as the Amazon rain forests, marine/coastal areas, and the Arctic, we estimate an increased risk of spills and negative environmental impact," ...