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Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Premier Investments, Oroton and David Jones. AMP Capital also examined the costs and benefits of the movement of clothing production from coastal to inland China and from China to Bangladesh. Both trends have been seen as a means to cut labour costs ...

Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... (IGCC) and two other global investor groups are calling on companies to minimise methane emissions from gas and oil production through hydraulic fracturing. IGCC, the European Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and the North American ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... policy implemented in 2011, with an overall rate of 68%, with performance targets an indicators at 64% and cleaner/safer production at 63% "The only significant decline was observed for emissions trading/CDM projects, which has fallen 14% for the largest ...

Plantic opens expanded bioplastics facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... has opened new, expanded facilities in the Melbourne suburb of Altona that the company estimates will quadruple its production capacity. Brendan Morris, CEO of Plantic, Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... responses pose risks to health and safety, to the environment, and to capital expenditure projects for exploration and production, according to a report by AXA Investment Managers' responsible investment team. Matt Christensen The AXA IM report investigates ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... it's mainly based around those industries with good growth prospects going ahead to develop more sustainable means of production. We put this thematic allocation in with our other international equity mandates - it works to reduce the overall carbon ...

Santos identifies 24 material sustainability indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... 51% increase in net profit after tax to AU$753m, a 14% increase in sales revenue to AU$2.53bn and a 5% decrease in production volume. "Key sustainability issues for us in 2012 include: maintaining our focus on personal and process safety; water and greenhouse ...

KPMG: agribusiness needs national food policy framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Napier said. The report notes that agribusiness is a significant portion of the national economy, with gross value farm production for 2010/2011 representing AU$49.3bn, gross value forestry and fisheries for 2010/2011 representing AU3.9bn and the total ...

GRI releases oil and gas sector guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... The Oil and Gas Sector Supplement is aimed at companies and organizations involved in the exploration, extraction, production, refining, and transport and sale of oil, gas and petrochemicals. It is intended to provide guidance on disclosure of environmental ...

ETI to focus on collaborative supply chain initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... drive positive, lasting change." In reviewing their 2011 highlights, ETI pointed to research into Madagascan vanilla production that showed "clear evidence of child labour, and of more widespread use of children to carry out unpaid or low-paid work within ...