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Companies investing in sustainable operations showing returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... Accountants in Australia (the Institute) and presents five case studies - Blackmores, Intrepid Travel, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Woolworths and World Vision Australia. The organisations found that investing in sustainable ...

Renewable energy could meet up to 80% of global supply by 2050: IPCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... capacity grew in 2009-wind by over 30%, hydropower by 3%, grid-connected photovoltaics by over 50%, geothermal by 4%m, solar water/heating by over 20% and ethanol and biodiesel production rose by 10% and 9% respectively. The working group examined over ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... around the world, with 28% coming from Asia-Pacific companies. Chi Woo, KPMG director, sustainability, climate change and water "Increasingly, companies are understanding and are more familiar with the relevance of sustainability, that it is more than ...

GRI developing oil and gas sector reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... oil and gas sector supplement will cover key issues specific to the industry including: emissions, effluents and waste, water, biodiversity, renewable energy, biofuels, health impact assessment, asset integrity and safety processes, indigenous peoples ...

NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... including mining company representatives and local council representatives raised concerns about other impacts, such as water usage. "The most important change has been the increase in water usage due to the saturation of mining in the Hunter Valley," ...

Integrating ESG an evolution for institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... aspect of this is the opportunity to take this one step further and invest in sustainability focused investments -things like water rights, carbon capture and other things," Goss said. "It certainly makes sense that people can look at these things, either ...

ANZ reviewing "sensitive sector" policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... responsibility framework is consistent with their customer engagement in socially and environmentally sensitive sectors including water, forestry, energy and mining and minerals. The review of the four sensitive sector policies "... will include stakeholder ...

Global push for "report or explain" on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... participants are partners to the campaign - Manidis Roberts, a consulting firm serving the energy, property, transport, water and industrial sectors, and the Net Balance Foundation, established by sustainability consultancy Net Balance.Other partners ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... have a sustainability impact or relevance to sustainability," said Chi Woo, director of climate change, sustainability and water at KPMG. (pictured at left) The integration of CSR policies and structures is growing. In its annual report, The State of ...

Australian companies asked to disclose water exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
Australian institutional investors have for the first time asked 60 publicly listed companies to disclose their water exposure, but are not yet convinced that exposure to water scarcity will have a material impact on investments in the medium term ...