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Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... who identify carbon of a risk," Nathan Fabian, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) told The Sustainability Report during CarbonExpo in Melbourne this week. "That had been trending very high for a long time, many years, and many people ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... from last year, as well as increases in gender diversity and community program funding in its most recent sustainability report. Commonwealth Bank published its 2012 sustainability report in the backdrop of an AU$7.1bn net profit after income tax, an ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... frequency rate, as well as increases in water consumption and declines in community contributions in its 2012 sustainability report. Wesfarmers' overall greenhouse gas emissions fell to 6.8m tonnes CO2-e, down from 7.7m in 2011. That figure encompasses ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... creative visualisation of data," Black said. "Different types of readers will take different things from a sustainability report. It's not realistic to think that they're read it cover to cover - they will go fishing for what's relevant to them. A solution ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... potentially producing six different reports, which could largely address the same information produced through one sustainability report. Integrating this information into one report, such as through the annual report, will provide department heads and ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... payment arrangement as the organisation will be refurbishing the business in the initial phase, SEFA told The Sustainability Report at the time. Triodos Bank was founded in 1980 to provide a "bridging function" between the not for profit world and the ...

Christian Super engaging with companies on African assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The AU$614m Christian Super superannuation fund is engaging with a number of Australian companies with operations in Africa, particularly Australian mining companies with the goal of obtaining greater reporting around environmental and social issues ...

New Forests issues second sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... focusing on plantation assets in the Asia Pacific Region and progress on UN PRI commitments in its second sustainability report. New Forests, a privately held company, stated assets under management of AU$1.25bn and almost 400,000 hectares of land and ...

More than 3,000 respond to GRI comment periods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has received more than three thousand formal submissions on its G4 next generation reporting guidelines, a record number for the organisation. Nelmara Arbex GRI held two public comment periods - August to November ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency and achieve carbon abatement in the property and industry sectors. McDonald talks to The Sustainability Report on how LCAL's model encourages private sector investment in energy efficiency and carbon abatement technology, how it has ...