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Four structural challenges for business to navigate post-lockdown: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... more fitting for sectors with specialised components and capital goods, rather than sectors such as fast moving consumer goods, Antia said. "We're talking about navigation systems for planes, hospital grade medical devices," Antia said. "Some of the ...

Ausbil joins Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Australia on the subject of plastic pollution, particularly with supermarkets, consumer retailers and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, said Nicholas Varcoe, ESG analyst at Ausbil. "Signing up to the declaration puts structure around the work ...

T. Rowe Price evaluates sustainability impacts of plastic consumption

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... noted that while there is a risk of increased regulation of plastics use and disposal, in the area of fast moving consumer goods, consumers may be moving faster than legislation and regulation. "The consumers appear to be moving faster than regulators ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... built on a comprehensive review of existing international standards and guidelines from organisations such as The Consumer Goods Forum, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and the International Standards Organization (ISO). ISF piloted a draft of the ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... built on a comprehensive review of existing international standards and guidelines from organisations such as The Consumer Goods Forum, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and the International Standards Organization (ISO). The framework was subsequently ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... to be a long-term headwind that isn't going away," Edgerton said. " There are plenty of alternatives in healthy consumer goods that are well positioned to benefit from consumer trends as well as government action. Examples include Vitasoy, selling plant ...

High to severe ESG incidents affect market capitalisation: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... incidents through a tilting strategy. The tilts, which range from +0.5% for the Technology industry to -0.2% for Consumer Goods, are based on the base weights of the FTSE Global All Cap Index."

Food Loss and Waste Accounting Standard launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Protocol was convened at the 3GF 2013 Summit by the World Resources Institute, and protocol partners include the Consumer Goods Forum, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), EU-funded FUSIONS project, United Nations Environment ...

Westpac signs on to Soft Commodities Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... 2020. The Soft Commodities Compact has been developed by the Banking Environment Initiative in partnership with the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) to support CGF member companies in transforming their commodity supply chains to achieve zero deforestation ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... wholesale distribution and marketing company specializing in grocery, fresh produce, liquor, hardware and other consumer goods. It has four divisions - Metcash Food and Grocery, Australian Liquor Marketers, Campbells Wholesale and Mitre 10, a chain of ...