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GRI release reporting standards for construction and real estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... emissions in cities and towns. The supplement also covers areas including building and materials certification and labour health and safety issues. "[The] new guidance will help construction and real estate companies be more transparent about the impacts ...

Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an edge"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... consideration. "We believe there are direct benefits from workplace equality, flexible working arrangements, occupational health and safety policies," she said. "However it's still hard to quantify the impact of these on share prices. Yes, you need to ...

Fuji Xerox Australia reports waste reduction, increase in injury rates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... 93% of parts and equipment manufactures were compliant with the parent company's ethical procurement programme. On the health and safety side, in 2010/2011 the company reviewed its health and safety management and established a national health and safety ...

Skilled labour shortage potentially increases corporate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... including oil and gas, engineering and construction, information and communication technology and healthcare and allied health sectors. "[C]ompanies are finding it increasingly difficult to fill skilled positions in professional and technical fields ...

Mirvac Group net profit up 30%, increased energy savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... savings in 2009. The energy saving measures taken in 2010-2011 resulted in a 2.5% total portfolio energy saving. In its health, safety and wellbeing metrics, Mirvac noted that lost time injury frequency rate had fallen to 8.8 employees and service providers ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... impacted by the company's operations, including impacts to air, water, land, biodiversity and species distribution, human health, energy consumption and waste generation," as well as the potential impact of climate change and carbon pricing as well as ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... be improved. But social is newer. Social for new developments has been around for a longer in Europe, questions around health and safety and impact on the physical environment." GRESB sent questionnaires out to real estate investment vehicles around ...

FSC, ACSI release ESG reporting guide for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... and other environmental issues such as toxics and biodiversity. Under the social heading, the guide addresses workplaces health and safety, human capital management, corporate conduct (e.g. bribery and corruption) and stakeholder management/license to ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... place by Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig features independent audits of abattoirs to ensure they are meeting World Animal Health guidelines. They require exporters "to trace cattle from properties, onto vessels, into feedlots and into abattoirs that ...

ASIC urges additional executive remuneration disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... and executives. ASIC reviewed 60 remuneration reports of ASX300 companies for the financial year ended 30 June 2010 as a "health check" on market practices in remuneration reporting to shareholders. "In examining compliance with the statutory requirements ...