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Coca Cola, WWF-Australia, farmers mark 10 years of Project Catalyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... Coca Cola's water and sustainable sugar supply strategies, and the multinational corporation is currently setting new standards in place to start in 2020, Prestwood said. "We've put in the $5.6 million through the Coca Cola Foundation, and it's a program ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... that those companies operating globally were generally positively influenced by a requirement to comply with higher standards for product responsibility in particular countries, and they effectively made this standard a 'baseline' for global processes. ...

ACSI finalist for 2018 Human Rights Business Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Tobin, Woolworths, Konica Minolta Australia and Herbert Smith Freehills. ACSI noted it's work in improving human rights standards, including advocacy around the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, supply chain sourcing, gender discrimination, whistleblower ...

40% of Chinese Coal Power Plants are Losing Money: Carbon Tracker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... in future, Gray said. "The plan for us is to expand this methodology to other markets where data isn't at appropriate standards, like India, South East Asia, Japan, countries in Africa - more or less everywhere except the EU and US," Gray said. "There ...

WorldGBC launches Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... sources; and report on progress against decarbonisation targets. All signatories will be expected to meet high verification standards, in the lead up to and in the year of achievement of net zero carbon emission buildings, and report annually on progress," ...

Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... story. That will be a continued part of the growth." Kidney noted that desalinisation plants can meet CBI green bond standards if they are coupled with renewable energy.

Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... more opportunities for young women in particular, we need to make it a little bit easier." We don't want to lower our standards of course but the "little bit easier" is the foot in the door page, and the foot in the door is about more opportunities beyond ...

GRI, UN Global Compact release guide to measure, report on SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... the UN Global Compact, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards. The guide discourages businesses from selecting SDGs and related targets based on what is easiest to report on, but rather ...

ACCR, CAER study gender pay gap at ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... for reporting requirements related to Australian employees and gender pay equity is minimal under the WGEA reporting standards," said Nina Haysler, CAER's research project manager. "Companies are not even required to publicly publish a quantitative figure ...

UCA Funds Management certified as B Corp, signs Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... organisations with sustainable and ethical practices. B Corps are certified by the non-profit B Lab as meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. "B Corp is to sustainable business what Fair Trade ...