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Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Jackman noted Elders position as the "leading exporters of dairy heifers to the long haul market," out of Australia, New Zealand, South America and the US. See Also: Elders reports increased lost time injury frequency rate Social risk: the impact on ...

CSL reports new anti-corruption policy, lower emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... employees who went on maternity leave in the previous five year period had left the company. Currently, CSL Australia/New Zealand operations have a gender split of 51% women and 49% men. The company also reported that LTIFR rates decreased by 30% over ...

Australian and NZ companies increase community giving in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
A survey of 48 Australian and New Zealand companies has found that they contributed a total value of almost AU$259m to their community in cash, time, in-kind and management costs. According to the London Benchmarking Group (LBG) report on Australia ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... internal environmental targets, the bank reported 1666,756 tonnes of CO2-e in Australia, 11,164 tonnes of CO2-e in New Zealand and 30,189 tonnes of CO2-e across Asia Pacific, Europe and America. "Despite strong gains in our environmental performance ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... objectives on the customer front include implementing financial literacy education for small and mediu8m-sized customers in New Zealand, ranking as the top 1 and 2 for Net Promoter Score (NPS) in Australia amongst the major banks, and to be a top 3 regional ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... opportunities and only 4% of respondents said the risks were rated as high. According to the 2011 CDP Australia and New Zealand Report, 81% of respondents identified risks to carbon pricing and 56% identified opportunities. CDP said that 101 ASX200 companies ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... financial year. In its fourth sustainability report, AWE, which currently has oil and gas interests in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Yemen and the US, noted that it is "well positioned" for the implementation of the New Zealand Emissions Trading ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... and shape the way they're designed, to meet our needs." The IGCC is a collaborative body representing Australian and New Zealand institutional investors with more than AU$600bn in assets under management. IGCC members "recognise that the financial return ...

Investor groups call for climate change policy action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Three leading investor groups on climate change, including the Investor Group on Climate Change Australia/New Zealand (IGCC), have called for policy action to stimulate private sector investment into climate change solutions that can create jobs and ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... legislation's passage brings. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a collaborative body of Australian and New Zealand institutional investors managing AU$700bn in AUM, said that investors can now assess the carbon footprint of their portfolios ...