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Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Management System audit against the National Audit Tool in September 2010. The audit was conducted across Business Units in Sydney, regional New South Wales, Canberra and Melbourne. Aligned with our OHS Strategy, our individual business units have implemented ...

Fuji Xerox Australia reports waste reduction, increase in injury rates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... waste to landfill and announced that it would move its Eco Manufacturing Centre to a five-star Green star rated facility in Sydney in its sustainability report for the 2010/2011financial year. However, Fuji Xerox Australia was not able to reduce its ...

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... score for environmental performance of commercial buildings. One of LGS's properties awarded 6 NABERS Stars, 120 Sussex St Sydney NABERS is a national program managed by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and measures a building's performance ...

Mirvac Group net profit up 30%, increased energy savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... the highest score, "Best Practice", for environmental performance by CGI Lewis & Co and it was a signatory of the City of Sydney's Better Buildings Partnership.

GPT moves into refurbished, greener headquarters

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The GPT Group (GPT) is aiming to have its newly refurbished headquarters in the MLC Centre in Sydney recognised with a 6 Star Green rating within an existing building that has not undergone a major refurbishment. Photo credit: The GPT Group In setting ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... but not drilling down into external contractors, for example. Kok recently came to Australia and gave presentations in Sydney and Melbourne at the invitation of the Australian Property Institute. His presentations focused on global trends in improving ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... quantify levels of company assistance and earnings impacts," said Michael Salvatico, Vice President at MSCI ESG Research in Sydney. Under the legislation proposed by the Gillard government, a carbon tax scheme would start on 1 July 2012 at a fixed price ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... McCluskey in particular pointed to the credit and fixed interest strategies, which manage US$23.6bn in assets in teams based in Sydney and Hong Kong, and the direct infrastructure team with assets under management of US$2.5bn out of teams in Sydney ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... sheet, profit and loss statements and other documentation," said Michael Salvatico, Vice President at MSCI ESG Research in Sydney. "As we saw through the global financial crisis, the information in those indicators was not enough to stop those disasters ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... more familiar with the relevance of sustainability, that it is more than just PR reputational issues," said Chi Woo, the Sydney-based director of climate change and sustainability at KPMG (pictured at left). "It's about strategic competitive advantage ...