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CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 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. "I'm not especially surprised that the awareness of supply chain risk is limited," Norton said. "When ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... focusing on encouraging Indigenous businesses. Most banks have policies in place to use Indigenous businesses in their supply chain - Blackburn-Wright points to their use of Message Stick for teleconferencing services as an example. Banks are also developing ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... regardless of the status of national protections or the location of operations." See Also: Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures Nearly half of ASX100 companies exposed to human rights risks Australian companies fail on labour repo ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... of businesses are talking action around energy efficiency, and it's four four main reasons," Smale said. "There's supply chain pressure they're encouraged to be seen to be green by their customers to help them with tenders. There are compliance reasons ...

Carbon price to bring reporting and compliance complexities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... products, steel products will probably rise. Then the costs that are passed on to you from people higher up in the supply chain. This is really how the carbon price will filter down throughout the economy. One of the really key, important, things that ...

Q&A with Nelmara Arbex, deputy chief executive, GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... profound revisions, we have to form working groups. At this moment we have five working groups. One of them, the Supply Chain Disclosure Working Group, started even before G4 because we knew this was a topic to be added to the next generation of the ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... automobiles, air freight and logistics, and road and rail. The second segment are 159 companies with the potential for large supply chain emissions reductions including internet and catalogue retail, multiline retail, specialty retail, food and staples ...

LGS select MSCI for ESG and carbon research, monitoring

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... and measure the relative ESG exposure by sector and key ESG risks including water, carbon, health and safety, and supply chain. "We are delighted to be working with LGS to provide them with the tools they need to assess ESG and carbon emissions exposure ...

ASX50 companies slow to adopt integrated reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... reporting guidelines like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and pressure from multinational organisations for supply chain members to disclose and manage ESG factors are moving Australian companies to increase their integrated reporting. But integrated ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Global businesses are increasingly integrating climate change strategies into their supply chain procurement guidelines, but suppliers' rates of reducing greenhouse gas emission are lower than their corporate clients, according to a Carbon Disclosure ...