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Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... substantial progress is being made in switching to renewable biological feedstock. These are important developments in terms of a shift to a low-carbon industry." The Climate Bonds Initiative, an investor-focused not-for-profit promoting large-scale ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... with heads of procurement in an organisation, rather that with a head of sustainability. "We're seeing, an organisational shift as well now with procurements," Smith said. "Our IT accounts people are now dealing with the heads of procurement and not ...

Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
An increasing number of investors have recognised that environmental, social and governance risks matter, one of the biggest changes that Ann Byrne has seen in her five years as chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Slightly more than a third of Australian consumer staples and consumer discretionary companies have a publicly disclosed supply chain labour and human rights (LHR) policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from ...

Ernst Ligteringen: G4 and the third industrial revolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... indicators on economic, environmental and social impacts that are material to their business. "There has clearly been a shift in the discussion," he said. "It is no longer only about how sustainability reporting can be valuable to a company. The answer ...

National Sustainability Council issues macro-theme report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... informed discussion about the future. We're used to having those discussions on economic indicators. What we at to do is shift the focus on to longer-term trends and broader indicators. We believe that this report can make a contribution to that." The ...

Transition to sustainable palm oil needs "significant work"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... for palm oil, a situation that is not likely to change in future, Australian commitments to sustainable palm oil will not shift the market globally. But Australian companies can help develop for sustainable palm oil, help strengthen the RSPO and contribute ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Group has focused on three priority areas in its 2013-2017 sustainability strategy -responding to shifts in demographic and cultural change, creating economic solutions to environmental challenges, and helping customers achieve sustainable financial ...

Australian companies weigh in on Integrated Reporting pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the way that NAB internal stakeholders work together to generate their annual report, O'Neill said. "A really important shift has been how we work together internally," O'Neill said. "Instead of having different business units writing their own sections ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... It is patently clear that a range of nations have moved well ahead of Australia if they haven't already. The debate will shift to how much further Australia has to go." In presenting this package of reporting to superannuation funds at CMSF, Fabian said ...