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Victorian government chooses programs for social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... 2016/2017 Victorian budget, the Andrews Labor government has provided $700,000 "to help to deliver market testing and the procurement phases of Victoria's first SIBs," according to the state Department of Treasury and Finance. The government will investigate ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... 2016/2017 Victorian budget, the Andrews Labor government has provided $700,000 "to help to deliver market testing and the procurement phases of Victoria's first SIBs," according to the state Department of Treasury and Finance. The government will investigate ...

ARENA providing funding support for bio-energy project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... and irrigation trials, due diligence activities required for financial close and "preliminary work to support the procurement of engineering and construction services," ARENA said. The business case is due for completion by November and ARENA can recover ...

KPMG Australia launches supplier code of conduct

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... the code. "When we go out for tender, it might be for an energy provider, a travel provider, etc., we will send our procurement policy out, along with the code of conduct and a few other documents, and a questionnaire," he said. "It is a general procurement ...

Less than half of suppliers reporting CO2 data: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... produced by CDP and written by BSR. This year, 75 multinational companies representing more than US$2 trillion in procurement spend have sought data from 7,879 key suppliers regarding carbon emissions and climate risk strategies. This year, CDP received ...

Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... legal counsel will be important, and also we're going to see more and more involvement of sustainability people within procurement teams- the whole business about sustainable procurement and sustainable supply chain. That's been on the map for several ...

Telstra publishes 2015 Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... waste and e-waste, energy efficiency and carbon emissions, ethics, values and governance, human rights, sustainable procurement and conflict minerals as potential sustainability impacts across its supply chain. More broadly, Telstra also identified customer ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... broad-based commitments around "science-based carbon emission reduction targets", strategies around renewable energy procurement and supply chain activities, as well as corporate reporting, are designed to send signals to government on the need for comprehensive ...

Supply chain sustainability school launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... educate our contractors and suppliers, and to enhance the efficiency of the supply chain," said Roderick Petre, Mirvac's procurement manager for construction and co-chair for the school. The school is a national initiative, and is open to industry suppliers ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... supply chain management, which Mirvac identifies as a material issue. In 2014, the company approved a new responsible procurement policy and have developed a supplier questionarie and code of conduct based on that policy, Edwards said. The company has ...