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NAB endorses natural capital declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... capital in maintaining a sustainable global economy. Natural capital is described as the planet's natural assets - soil, air, water, flora and fauna - and the ecosystem services resulting from those assets. Ecosystem goods and services "constitute food ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and measures a building's performance during operation in terms of energy, water, waste and indoor environment. The Office of Environment and Heritage recently extended the NABERS rating scale from a maximum ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... poorer than results of similar studies into corporate governance disclosures, stakeholder engagement and disclosures on water "This may be because of the relatively recent recognition of supply chain sustainability disclosures as an important element ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... per million dollars of earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) - fell from 956 in 2010 to 881 in 2011. Woolworths' energy, water and waste intensity also all fell in the last financial year. The retailer has committed to reducing CO2-e by 40% by 2015 ...

ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... provide "clear and relevant" principles when making investment decisions in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors - water, forestry and forests, energy and extractive industries. "Together, these policies and tools are helping us to embed a ...

Mirvac identifies 22 material sustainability issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... were identified by stakeholders, reputation and market positioning, climate change and energy, carbon pricing, waste and water management, engagement with employees, tenants and customers and stakeholders, housing affordability and supply chain management ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... services systems. The electricity demand from air conditioning chillers is replaced with reclaim heat generating chilled water with an absorption chiller. Domestic hot water is heated by re-claimed heat. The retrofit cost approximately AU$6m, and $2.1m ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... term time horizons have to balance those returns against the environmental risks of the mining process, particularly to water supplies, the risk of new and more costly regulation, and the social and reputational risks that come as stakeholders raise ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... poorer than results of similar studies into corporate governance disclosures, stakeholder engagement and disclosures on water "This may be because of the relatively recent recognition of supply chain sustainability disclosures as an important element ...

Stockland increases green star ratings, reduces water use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Stockland, the diversified property group, has reported reducing water use across its office portfolio by 11% and its retail portfolio by 10%, commenced installing LED lights at its Stockland Nowra development and reported a 64% decrease in injury frequency ...