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Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 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 and IT ...

MSCI to collaborate on Access to Nutrition Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
MSCI will provide research and analysis for the Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) Project, a collaboration between the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Wellcome Trust, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The ATNI Project's goal ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... financials, with 14.1% - up from 10.6% in 2010; healthcare, with 13% female representation, up from 10.1% last year; and consumer discretionary with 12.4% representation, up from 9.7% in 2010. The lowest proportion of women on boards is in materials ...

Consumers doubt energy retailers' "green" credentials

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
A bigger problem for retailers, though, is the fact that only 13.2% of respondents believe the sustainability and socially responsible messages that electricity providers portray on their website and marketing. Nearly half - 47.8% - reported a neutral ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... pointed to Rio Tinto, ANZ, Fosters and BHP Billiton as positive examples. In general, miners, the finance sector and consumer staples have the highest demonstration of human rights risk awareness, he said. "Essentially, we are working with companies ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... interest or performance metrics in lowering its energy consumption, which is central to ICT sustainability." ICT is a large consumer of energy, globally responsible for 3% of greenhouse gas emissions, said Alison Rowe, Fujitsu's global executive director ...

CDP finds 68% of global corporates embed climate change strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... lowest proportion of companies with targets - 55%, or 22 companies, and is underrepresented in both the CPLI and CDLI. The consumer staples sector has the highest proportion of companies with emissions reduction targets, with 94%, or 32 companies. The ...

Metcash drop paper supplier over Indonesian foresting concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... wholesale distribution and marketing company specialising in grocery, fresh produce, liquor, hardware and other fast moving consumer goods. The company has four divisions - IGA Distribution, including IGA Fresh, a specialist fresh food division, Australian ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... answer to that, but part of the analysis would factor in the shift in the Chinese and other developing economies to a consumer economy rather than an export-led economy." But, Hodgson pointed out, the continued urbanization of developing economies bodes ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... businesses and $75m for grocery and department stores. NAB also performed a separate analysis of 40% of the ASX200 retail consumer sector, their most recent financial statements and analyst forecasts, and concluded that making the energy efficiency changes ...