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Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... 2030, global demand for fresh water may exceed supply by as much as 40%, potentially leading to shortages, poor water quality, price volatility and conflict. "By contrast, the rating for food security has edged slightly upwards in terms of both severity ...

Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... some cases years of emissions data via the voluntary disclosures to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). However, the quality of reporting is not always perfect, given that companies often report emissions to differing levels of aggregation, which prevents ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... proportion of these groups of companies, and partly also that the materials sector has potential to significantly impact water quality and water is a material issue to many companies in the sector. Access to water is critical to many mining companies ...

British government to mandate LSE greenhouse gas disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental, sustainability, compliance, strategic, ethical, reputation or brand, technological, product or service quality, human capital, financial reporting and market-related risks.

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Green bonds have relatively simple structures and credit quality and yield levels similar to AAA bonds, meriting "consideration as an allocation within a fixed interest portfolio," but a lack of issuance depth is a challenge for institutional investors ...

ACSI may name companies with poor sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... do not provide a sufficient level of disclosure on sustainability risk and disclosure "continues to be of questionable quality," according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The investor group has further warned ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... management in order to sustainably support future development and prevent major accidents that could endanger environmental quality or human life." See Also: Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... right amount of support, they can go mainstream and stay mainstream. But for the large majority, this is about improving quality of life and increasing participation in society."

Sustainable workforce a material corporate issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... than that- it's really quite sobering... The legal industry, it's competitive, so to try and get hold of and retain good quality team members, you can't ignore it. We deal with it by dealing with regular seminars - how do you recognise that somebody ...

SAM targets 2,500 companies for sustainability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... The questions cover topics including corporate governance, risk and crisis management, human capital development and the quality of environmental and social reporting. After analysing the data, SAM selects the top 10% in each industry sector for inclusion ...