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Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... its target of a 20% reduction in carbon emission based on 2008/2009 levels by 2013. The bank reported 147,124 tonnes of scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions in 2011-2012, down from 170,688 thousand tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in the 2010/2011 financial ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Wesfarmers' overall greenhouse gas emissions fell to 6.8m tonnes CO2-e, down from 7.7m in 2011. That figure encompasses scope one, two and three emissions as well as transport emissions in the supply chain and Wesfarmer's percentage of joint venture/investment ...

Melbourne's Vega Press declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... can help them with their own emissions calculations." The online calculator allows customers to measure their balance of Scope 3 greenhouse emissions - sources not owned or controlled by the company e.g. production of paper and delivery of finished goods. ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... that it's incremental change, business as usual. The second one is that it's beyond business as usual, but still within the scope of traditional experience, and the final scenario is that this is absolutely transformational change on a scale and magnitude ...

Clean Energy Council: keep Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... the funding of projects could result in impacts on the supply of LGCs, CEC still believes this should not impact on the scope or scale of the RET. "This is likely to have some impact on the supply of LGCs in LRET, particularly in the latter half of this ...

CFI up and running, albeit more slowly than expected

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... communication through the application procession. "There are a number of areas that are critical - the first is project scope - what is being encompassed by the project," de Wit said. "Applicants need to make that as explicit as possible so that it's ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... MoneyMinded show that participants report an increase in skills, knowledge and confidence around financial literacy. There is scope for expansion of MoneyMinded, through negotiations with existing partners, building new coalitions to deliver the service. ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... given that companies often report emissions to differing levels of aggregation, which prevents comparability and limits the scope of knowledge on offer heretofore. "We run into issues where we have a difficulty analysing specific impacts," said Doug ...

Countries join to push sustainability reporting post Rio+20

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... announced at the Rio+20 conference, and the country's representatives said they will meet in coming months to establish the scope of work. "Governments can play a crucial role in driving sustainability practices and disclosure at a national level," said ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Indigenous employees and customers." Looking to the future of reconciliation plans, Blackburn-Wright says that there is scope for further collaborative work in the communities where banks are trying to develop solutions. "What's interesting going forward ...