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Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian companies can have an influential voice through collaboration with NGOs, unions and other companies, and that gives scope. Collaboration will mean safeguarding not only the supply chain, but also avoiding brand risk, and avoiding having longer ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... value of approximately $19.5 million. NAB has committed AU$130 million to microfinance programs, Mooney said, so there is scope to expand the loan from a capital perspective. "The recommendation to broaden the loan purpose a little bit more so that it's ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... construction and processing. Energy efficiency can make enormous benefits for construction and property, virtually reducing all scope one emissions, but while you can reduce emissions from oil and gas, you can't eliminate the emissions in the production ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... venture between Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and 20 not-for-profit organisations including Jobs Australia, Oxfam Australia, Scope and ACOSS. Community Sector Banking said it will focus on specialising in microfinance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... trainee program. See Also: ANZ creates hydroelectric power policy for lending ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... properties rely on actual water bills to track performance." In terms of energy use, Charter Hall reported an increase in scope 1 carbon emissions, but a decrease in scope 2 indirect emissions from 2011 to 2012, but overall energy consumption fell slightly ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... "Each of those programs has been fairly small, and they've exhausted the funds allocated to them, but the programs have scope to be expanded with other users," Broadbent said. "We would intend to do that because the three streams that the CEFC have asked ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... significant emissions from the supply chain, the report found that while 63% of companies report management of supply chain Scope 3 emissions and 58% report understanding of long-term climate and energy risks and opportunities from the supply chain ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Richgro waste-to-energy plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... significantly reduce their energy costs while achieving significant carbon abatement," McDonald said. "There's considerable scope for biogas projects in Australia with our own research indicating that the intensive agriculture and meat processing industries ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... courtesy of Net Balance Foundation and ACCA Woodhouse also noted in her presentation that ISEA3000/ASAE3000 can be used to scope which sustainably performance information the company would like to have assured. The report found that environmental data ...