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New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Ed note: The Sustainability Report is pleased to present this article from Alison Atherton, Research Principal at Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney By Alison Atherton, Institute for Sustainable Futures When sustainable ...

BHP Billiton to maintain membership in US Chamber of Commerce

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... policy and several lobby groups of which it has been members. As a result, BHP Billiton announced it would leave the World Coal Association at the end of March 2018, and that it would review its membership in MCA in 12 months if MCA continues to lobby ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The recent Federal Court decision upholding allegations made by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that Heinz's Little Kids Shredz children's food range was misleading to consumers because it suggested the high sugar products ...

ACCR seeking shareholders for resolution at Rio Tinto AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... policy and several lobby groups of which it has been members. As a result, BHP Billiton announced it would leave the World Coal Association at the end of March 2018, and that it would review its membership in MCA in 12 months if MCA continues to lobby ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has announced regulatory outcomes against Thorn's consumer leasing businesses Radio Rentals, RR and Rentlo Reinvented that will see millions in dollars of refunds and write-offs of fees to consumers. ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
Investors and boards of listed companies are neither friends nor foes, but their interest align in differing ways over time, and this requires an array of engagement approaches to achieve desired outcomes. This is the conclusion of a panel of engagement ...

EVs, autonomous vehicles, transport as a service to disrupt cities, economy: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... that get hit, said Rahim Chunara, investment director, Arowana International. "I think we all understand that challenge of coal, the challenges with oil, but where this is really going to have impact is the second and third order industries that people ...

ANZ Bank identifies climate change as component within credit risk, talks TCFD guidelines in 2017 Annual Review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... intensity of the electricity generation assets we provide project finance for, together with the breakdown of funding provided to coal, gas and renewable assets." In the review, ANZ identified credit risk as a material risk to the business, and noted ...

IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... the superannuation fund tended to be underweight the benchmark in its exposures to fossil fuels, and had "almost no thermal coal" exposure. Where the fund has exposures to fossil fuels through investments in BHP Billiton, Wesfarmers and Rio Tinto, they ...

New super funds use technology, responsible investment focus to reach members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Super has two options - a balanced fund and a growth fund. Both funds have an ESG screen in place to screen out tobacco, coal mines, and companies with boards that have no women, Helyar-Moray said. "The reason for that is, apart from no females on the ...