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Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... from 7.7m in 2011. That figure encompasses scope one, two and three emissions as well as transport emissions in the supply chain and Wesfarmer's percentage of joint venture/investment emissions. Energy consumption also fell in energy, at 30 petajoules ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... So we focus not only on reducing financial risk - but also about addressing technology risk and concerns about the supply chain, installation risk and technical performance of equipment. For example, the small business product that we've got with FlexiGroup's ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... - developing policies and implementing action plans over a number of years." Stockland is also engaging with its supply chain on sustainability issues. In the 2012 financial year, the company "achieve[d] the specified annual level of procurement from ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... FTSE added 21 companies and deleted seven countries from the index series. At the same time, FTSE said it applied supply chain labour standards criteria to more than double the number of companies - from 164 to almost 400. FTSE evauates companies facing ...

UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatories say that executive remuneration, climate change and supply chain labour standards are "priority areas of engagement" with invested companies in the next year. These areas of engagement were ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Australian retailers need to maintain cost control, including targeting supply chain efficiencies, but those efficiency gains must not come at the expense of the sustainability of the supply chain, according to a report by AMP Capital. Australian retailers ...

Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... change has pushed the issue further up the agenda for many organisations. In recognising the ecosystem as part of the supply chain, businesses can identify risks as well as opportunities. Businesses that rely on agricultural goods as part of their supply ...

La Trobe sustainability report discloses ESG action, targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... integrating sustainability issues throughout education, reducing environmental impacts on campus locations and through the supply chain, and providing equal opportunities in senior professional positions. La Trobe's goal is to "be at the forefront of ...

Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... feedback. The G4 framework is focused on five main areas - boundary, application levels, governance and remuneration, supply chain, and disclosures on management approach. It will produce new and updated content. Public comment is invited from 25 June ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... chains. The report noted that three companies that responded are in the process of, or are planning to carry out a supply chain water risk assessment. "In some jurisdictions within Australia, water is not reported as an asset in the financial accounts ...