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Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... that its carbon intensity - measured as tonnes of CO2 emissions (CO2-e) per million dollars of earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) - fell from 956 in 2010 to 881 in 2011. Woolworths' energy, water and waste intensity also all fell in the last financial ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 0.08% in Australia and New Zealand, compared with 0.19% for global LBG companies, and contributions as a percentage of pre-tax profit were 0.6%, compared with 1.2% globally. LBG is an international network that provides a framework to measure the value ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... program, but disclosed a slight decrease in the percentage of women in management, against a backdrop of group net profit after tax of AU$5.36bn, a 19% increase over 2010. In its 2011 Shareholder and Corporate Responsibility Review, ANZ reported that ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Group strategy and strategic driver of sustainability excellence." Mirvac had previously reported operating net profit after tax had increased 30.2% to AU$358.5m for the 2010/2011 financial year, with statutory net profit down by 22.3% to AU$182.3m and ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... to severe flooding. Elders' sustainability disclosures in its annual report are reported against a consolidated loss after tax of AU$395.3m. Elders Rural Services operations had 2,409 as of 30 September 2011, compared with 2,485 full time employees at ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... cited the backlash that Harvey Norman co-founder Gerry Harvey saw after he announced a campaign to have the goods and services tax (GST) treatment of low-value imports altered as a way of slowing the exodus to online retailing. Consumers assailed the ...

Only 4% of CDP respondents see high risks with carbon pricing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... increasing divergences on the reporting on strategy." The report noted that two of the drivers of regulatory risk - a carbon tax or cap and trade scheme and emission reporting obligations - were also frequently sources of opportunity. "There was recognition ...

Carbon tax passes Senate, pricing concerns remain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Senate has passed the Clean Energy Future legislative package, starting the countdown to the 1 July 2012 launch of a carbon pricing regime. But while businesses have short term certainty with the package's passage, they will still have ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... again this week with independent MP Tony Windsor calling for AU$400m from the government's proposed Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) to go to funding environmental assessments of the impact of coal seam gas mining. Windsor has also called for new coal ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... placed the company in a sound position with regards to the future reporting under and compliance with the Australian Carbon Tax." AWE explained that its reduction in GHG emissions was "largely a result of lower gas flaring at the Company's Tui operations ...

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Aware Super, HESTA join forces against Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN
The super funds have voted against the re-election of the chair of the Woodside Energy Board's Sustainability Committee, saying the gas giant has failed to meet expectations on climate action.

Bill Gates to give away wealth in next 20 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
Bill Gates says he will give away all his wealth over the next two decades and close the Gates Foundation permanently in 2045.

Richest 10% drive global warming: Research

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New research that examined wealth-based greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows that the world's richest people are fuelling two thirds of global warming.

ART extends exclusions in Socially Conscious option

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