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Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... efficiency and reducing cost of operations and its impacts"; and enabling local cluster development - "activating the supply chain to enable growth and productivity". Net Balance advises clients on CSV, and decided to test whether there is a connection ...

GRI and IIRC sign agreement for closer cooperation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... strategy encompassing all of its capital - including its people, the natural resources it uses, and the integrity of its supply chain." Both GRI and IIRC have a shared view of the evolution of corporate reporting, in which integrated reporting and sustainability ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... chains, but only 28% of suppliers report having a target for emissions reductions. The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Supply Chain's fifth information request was sent to more than 6,000 suppliers on behalf of 52 of 54 supply chain members. CDP received ...

Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... industry-specific and with a focus to long-term value creation. The yearbook is in its tenth year, and RobecoSAM noted that supply chain management has seen "vast improvement" in that time, with more companies recognising the need to look outside their ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... specialist sustainability organisations. The merger will see both entities increase the range of their sustainability supply chain consulting services across private and government organisations in Australia. The merger was recently finalised and follows ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... brand and the trust Woollies wants to attain. After the three-page Woollies app ad, we hit the issues listed above. Supply chain issues are so touchy with Coles and Woolworths that both have met fierce opposition in country towns when looking to open ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... organisations. Cameron Neil, Net Balance The merger will see both entities increase the range of their sustainability supply chain consulting services across private and government organisations in Australia. The merger was recently finalised and follows ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... ROI-positive investments in projects, and a letter sent to 159 companies in industries with potentially significant supply chain emissions requesting that they demonstrate actions regarding emissions in the supply chain. Now in its second year, CDP Carbon ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... their value chain to understand their upstream and downstream impacts, which will cause an adjustment of boundary and supply chain reporting, and will cause companies to focus on human rights disclosures, said Victoria Whitaker, head of Focal Point Australia ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability agenda, CBA reported that it had used its centralised procurement system to monitor sustainability risks in the supply chain. In May 2012, the bank began assessing suppliers by asking them to provide information on sustainability practices ...