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Supply chain, G4, social value to top sustainability agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... said Leeora Black, managing director of the Australiana Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "For most industries, the impact on the supply chain is from the indirect suppliers.... The tipping point in a sustainable supply chain is going ...

Push continues for Australia to adopt mining payment regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... the G20 for 2014. PWYP Australia is also part of the multi-stakeholder group that is evaluating the pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) program that was carried out from July 2012 to June 2013. The report by the multi-stakeholder ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... state of New South Wales requires government permission before embarking on a CFI project. NSW Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson endorsed the project, which was subsequently approved by the federal government. "There are other potential ...

CDP: investment in carbon reduction yields positive return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... report. CDP's Carbon Action initiative is backed by institutional investors and asks heavy emitting companies in 17 industries to take three specific carbon-emissions related actions - set targets, make reductions, and generate return on interest while ...

IIRC, SASB to collaborate on compatability of frameworks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... the heart of determining materiality." SASB is developing sustainability accounting standards covering more than 80 industries in ten sectors, a project that will continue 2015. The IIRC has released the IR framework, which is a principles-based framework ...

Paladin Energy, Swala Energy join EITI Supporting Companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... companies Paladin Energy and Swala Energy and seven other oil, mining and gas companies have recently joined the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as supporting companies. According to the EITI, 85 companies around the world have become ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... reported. These five companies were: Ardent Leisure, Gindalbie Metals, Origin Energy, Qantas Airways and Transpacific Industries Group The number of ASX200 companies reporting risks from carbon pricing fell from 74% in 2012 to 65% in 2013. CDP was careful ...

EY: Direct Action Plan will offer opportunities for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... opportunities become economically feasible, and the range of opportunities that are available in different sectors and industries. "In general terms, our clients feel that the DAP will be developed in a way that will make sense," he said. "The government ...

United Nations recognition for Pollinate Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... highlight some of the most practical, scalable and replicable examples of what people, businesses, governments and industries are doing to tackle climate change, which I hope will inspire others to do the same." A second Australian project, 1 Million ...

VicSuper, bankmecu, Pacific Hydro join Future Economy Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... 2014. The partnership further aims to influence economic policy in Victoria and Australia over the next 12 months. "Our industries and businesses are vulnerable to economic disruption if we don't take care of our natural assets," said VicSuper CEO Michael ...