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LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... and measure the relative ESG exposure by sector and key ESG risks including water, carbon, health and safety, and supply chain. "We are delighted to be working with LGS to provide them with the tools they need to assess ESG and carbon emissions exposure ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... reporting guidelines like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and pressure from multinational organisations for supply chain members to disclose and manage ESG factors are moving Australian companies to increase their integrated reporting. But integrated ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Global businesses are increasingly integrating climate change strategies into their supply chain procurement guidelines, but suppliers' rates of reducing greenhouse gas emission are lower than their corporate clients, according to a Carbon Disclosure ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... through things like Ruggie's guidance, conversations with companies on how they manage human rights issues such as supply chain compliance, dealing with bribery and corruption issues, and basic compliance with Australian law." But Woods said that particularly ...

Companies testing labour, human rights supply chain standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Nine companies have begun testing a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) assessing operational and reputational risks associated with labour and human rights factors in corporate supply chains. The KPIs have been developed with the Fair Labor Association ...

ETI to focus on collaborative supply chain initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... consumer goods", have identified supply chains within each category and will develop work programs for each category's supply chain. "Central to our thinking is a recognition of the need to tackle the underlying causes, not the symptoms, of poor working ...

Highlights of a year in The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... towards integration NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission ANZ publishes interim corporate responsibility report ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... also listed leadership and talent development as, minimising their environmental footprint and influencing their supply chain as other material issues. Optus generated operating revenue of AU$9.28bn in the 2010/2011 fiscal year, an increase of 4% from ...

CDP: U.S. farmers' GHG disclosures and management varied

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... practices, according to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The CDP conducted a pilot study with agricultural CDP supply chain members, asking the supply chain members to survey their potato and tomato suppliers. The CDP Agriculture Supply Chain pilot ...

Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... is called ESCAS which is one of those great works to come out of Canberra which actually stands for the Exporter Supply Chain Assurance System. It documented everything we were doing in the first place." The new export licensing system put in place by ...