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ETI to focus on collaborative supply chain initiatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... trade unions and voluntary organisations that targets the "working lives of people across the globe who make or grow consumer goods", have identified supply chains within each category and will develop work programs for each category's supply chain. ...

Use of renewable energy to grow by 6% a year to 2035

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... moderate growth of the energy-intensive manufacturing and processing sectors." Bree projects that the fastest growing consumer of primary energy will be the mining sector, with average growth of 5.2% a year expected over the projection period. During ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Fosters Group at 51.6%, while the top 10 companies scoring an average of 44%. The report found that across industries, consumer staples had the best public disclosures of upstream and downstream supply chains, at 33.5%, with telecommunications and IT ...

Bradbury highlights corporate ESG reporting inconsistencies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors will demand explanation for discrepancies between companies' nominated environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles and any divergences in practice in the way that they currently question discrepancies in financial matters ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... 4% of disclosing companies, considered carbon pricing a risk of high impact - these companies were in the Materials, Consumer Discretionary and Energy sectors." This year's report provided insights into how Australian companies are providing disclosure ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Fosters Group at 51.6%, while the top 10 companies scoring an average of 44%. The report found that across industries, consumer staples had the best public disclosures of upstream and downstream supply chains, at 33.5%, with telecommunications and IT ...

MSCI to collaborate on Access to Nutrition Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
MSCI will provide research and analysis for the Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) Project, a collaboration between the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Wellcome Trust, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The ATNI Project's goal ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... financials, with 14.1% - up from 10.6% in 2010; healthcare, with 13% female representation, up from 10.1% last year; and consumer discretionary with 12.4% representation, up from 9.7% in 2010. The lowest proportion of women on boards is in materials ...

Consumers doubt energy retailers' "green" credentials

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
A bigger problem for retailers, though, is the fact that only 13.2% of respondents believe the sustainability and socially responsible messages that electricity providers portray on their website and marketing. Nearly half - 47.8% - reported a neutral ...

Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... pointed to Rio Tinto, ANZ, Fosters and BHP Billiton as positive examples. In general, miners, the finance sector and consumer staples have the highest demonstration of human rights risk awareness, he said. "Essentially, we are working with companies ...