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Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... closing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people," the report explained. "As one of the largest employers in Australia, we recognise the practical contribution we can make in this area.... Pre-employment programs are designed to provide Indigenous ...

Pacific Hydro reduces carbon footprint 37%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... our 50% stake in the Luzon Hydro Corporation, Philippines, in line with our strategy to focus on our core markets of Australia and South America." Pacific Hydro produces renewable energy from a portfolio of wind farm and hydro power assets in Australia ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... get ourselves up where a lot of other countries are." From Magarey's perspective, shifting the majority of wholesale Australia into integrated sustainability measurement and management requires action on a variety of fronts - internal corporate leadership ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Companies that sell tradeable carbon credits generated under the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) will have to register for an Australian Financial Services (AFS) license as part of draft legislation from the federal government. The federal government ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... their community in cash, time, in-kind and management costs. According to the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) report on Australia and New Zealand, that AU$259m is an increase over 2010, but still lower in overall dollars than reported in 2009. The LBG ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
With more institutional investors becoming more active in voting their proxy votes, company directors must improve their communication throughout the year, said David Crawford, chairman of Foster's Group and Lend Lease Group. This year's annual general ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... after completing the program. In terms of internal environmental targets, the bank reported 1666,756 tonnes of CO2-e in Australia, 11,164 tonnes of CO2-e in New Zealand and 30,189 tonnes of CO2-e across Asia Pacific, Europe and America. "Despite strong ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... take the ling term renewable energy assets, securities them, refinance cash on them and go out and do more." While in Australia on a recent trip, Kidney said that the CBI will be extending its certification scheme to include broadband projects like the ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... education for small and mediu8m-sized customers in New Zealand, ranking as the top 1 and 2 for Net Promoter Score (NPS) in Australia amongst the major banks, and to be a top 3 regional player in carbon related markets by 2013. On the employee front ...

Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... reported as 2.90 compared with the preceding year's rate of 2.67 per million hours worked. Futuris' manufacturing plants in Australia are accredited to ISO 14001 certification and there were no incidents or breaches of applicable environmental legislation ...