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ANZ's employee engagement, net profit increases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... internal environmental targets, the bank reported 1666,756 tonnes of CO2-e in Australia, 11,164 tonnes of CO2-e in New Zealand and 30,189 tonnes of CO2-e across Asia Pacific, Europe and America. "Despite strong gains in our environmental performance ...

Westpac reports sustainability progress, net profit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... objectives on the customer front include implementing financial literacy education for small and mediu8m-sized customers in New Zealand, ranking as the top 1 and 2 for Net Promoter Score (NPS) in Australia amongst the major banks, and to be a top 3 regional ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... opportunities and only 4% of respondents said the risks were rated as high. According to the 2011 CDP Australia and New Zealand Report, 81% of respondents identified risks to carbon pricing and 56% identified opportunities. CDP said that 101 ASX200 companies ...

AWE reports lower GHG emissions, underlying loss for 2011FY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... financial year. In its fourth sustainability report, AWE, which currently has oil and gas interests in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Yemen and the US, noted that it is "well positioned" for the implementation of the New Zealand Emissions Trading ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... and shape the way they're designed, to meet our needs." The IGCC is a collaborative body representing Australian and New Zealand institutional investors with more than AU$600bn in assets under management. IGCC members "recognise that the financial return ...

Investor groups call for climate change policy action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Three leading investor groups on climate change, including the Investor Group on Climate Change Australia/New Zealand (IGCC), have called for policy action to stimulate private sector investment into climate change solutions that can create jobs and ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... legislation's passage brings. The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a collaborative body of Australian and New Zealand institutional investors managing AU$700bn in AUM, said that investors can now assess the carbon footprint of their portfolios ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... ICT sustainability policies, behaviour and technologies. Surveys were conducted in Australia, Canada, China, India, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The methodology, developed by Connection Research and RMIT, calculated ...

Investors urge adoption of carbon legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... international agreement. It's time to get on with the job." The IGCC is a collaborative body representing Australian and New Zealand institutional investors with more than AU$600bn in assets under management. IGCC members "recognise that the financial ...

Women make strides in recent board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... our international peers in gender composition of top listed company boards, including the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand," said John Colvin, CEO and managing director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. "Chairmen and boards consistently ...