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Australian companies awarded gold in sustainability yearbook

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... industry-specific and with a focus to long-term value creation. The yearbook is in its tenth year, and RobecoSAM noted that supply chain management has seen "vast improvement" in that time, with more companies recognising the need to look outside their ...

Net Balance certified as a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... specialist sustainability organisations. The merger will see both entities increase the range of their sustainability supply chain consulting services across private and government organisations in Australia. The merger was recently finalised and follows ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... brand and the trust Woollies wants to attain. After the three-page Woollies app ad, we hit the issues listed above. Supply chain issues are so touchy with Coles and Woolworths that both have met fierce opposition in country towns when looking to open ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... organisations. Cameron Neil, Net Balance The merger will see both entities increase the range of their sustainability supply chain consulting services across private and government organisations in Australia. The merger was recently finalised and follows ...

Companies with carbon targets see higher reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... ROI-positive investments in projects, and a letter sent to 159 companies in industries with potentially significant supply chain emissions requesting that they demonstrate actions regarding emissions in the supply chain. Now in its second year, CDP Carbon ...

One third of ASX100 companies assure sustainability reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... their value chain to understand their upstream and downstream impacts, which will cause an adjustment of boundary and supply chain reporting, and will cause companies to focus on human rights disclosures, said Victoria Whitaker, head of Focal Point Australia ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability agenda, CBA reported that it had used its centralised procurement system to monitor sustainability risks in the supply chain. In May 2012, the bank began assessing suppliers by asking them to provide information on sustainability practices ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... challenges. This is where companies that have transparency regarding sustainability challenges come in. We see that in the supply chain. We see that from companies getting questions form their customers about procurement practices and human resource ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Australia's infrastructure is not equipped to handle more frequent, extreme weather events and other impacts of climate change, with the electricity, road and rail and financial services sector underprepared, according to a report from The Climate Institute. ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Ashanti and Xstrata, are also members of ICMM. There are also increases in the number of companies that are aware of supply chain risks - 71% could state whether or not they are exposed to supply chain risk, up from 62% in 2011. But 29% of respondents ...