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Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... underreporting and over reporting," Wilson said. "The particular industry matters as well when examining OHS - some industries have so much risk, others have risk in other ways. But yes, it is simplistic and there are things that don't get reported ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... 52.6% and Fosters Group at 51.6%, while the top 10 companies scoring an average of 44%. The report found that across industries, consumer staples had the best public disclosures of upstream and downstream supply chains, at 33.5%, with telecommunications ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... commodity associations. It was established in 2001 to improve sustainable development performance in the mining and metals industries. The ICMM's members include: African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, AREVA, Barrick, BHP Billiton ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... investment decisions in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors - water, forestry and forests, energy and extractive industries. "Together, these policies and tools are helping us to embed a culture of responsible lending across our business and ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... improvement over last year, the report noted that reductions are mostly being set by companies in lower carbon intensive industries, "possibly indicating that emissions intensive companies are either still undecided as to whether they should set targets ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 52.6% and Fosters Group at 51.6%, while the top 10 companies scoring an average of 44%. The report found that across industries, consumer staples had the best public disclosures of upstream and downstream supply chains, at 33.5%, with telecommunications ...

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian government has agreed to undertake a pilot of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson announcing that the government will provide AU$12.7m to support ...

Copper producer joins International Council on Mining and Metals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... commodity associations. It was established in 2001 to improve sustainable development performance in the mining and metals industries. The ICMM's other members include: African Rainbow Minerals, Anglo American, AngloGold Ashanti, AREVA, Barrick, BHP ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Rowe said. "In some organisations that rely heavily on ICT, such as banks, government and many other administrative industries, ICT can account for up to 75% of all energy consumption."

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... policies and how broadly is it integrated into the overall portfolio? PL: We come from a position that there a number of industries that cause damage in modern society and that these industries will face increasing regulatory pressures in the future. ...