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Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ethical and sustainable supply chain management are being integrated into procurement practices in Australia and around the world, according Net Balance and Sedex. Sedex operates an online database of ethical and sustainable supply chain data that allows ...

Nippon Gas buys stake in COzero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... energy savings scheme, Armstrong said. Meanwhile, COzero is in the process of applying for a license to trade power as a retailer, Armstrong said. Obtaining a retailing license would permit COzero to purchase renewable energy certificates directly from ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... I've also seen great engagement by companies around developing supply chains, so again in the Philippines a major food retailer has invested in some of the poorer communities to supply vegetables to their food operations. They've chosen to do this to ...

Focus on short-term growth could undercut long term gain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Companies and shareholders who focus on the short-term may be sacrificing tomorrow's growth for today's gain, according to AMP Capital's biannual corporate governance report. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance manager In addition to reporting ...

WWF: ETS repeal to reduce renewable energy, increase prices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Repealing Australia's emissions trading scheme would reduce renewable energy production and retail electricity customers would likely face higher prices, according to a report released by WWF-Australia. Graphic courtesy of WWF-Australia The report finds ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) asserting that Australian consumer discretionary and consumer retailer companies do not have adequate risk management and mitigation policies around supply chain labour and human rights practices. ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... both to ASX-listed companies and, by extension, their investors. Reputational damage might affect consumer behaviour, a retailer might feel obligated to provide compensation or relief funding, or might face liability, and investors that apply ESG valuations ...

Fund managers assess retailers' risks in Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Fund managers and analysts are reassessing Australian retailer's supply chain management as a result of the collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory in Bangladesh last month. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital The factory collapse, which has left more ...

Energy audit implementation yields cost savings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... 100KW solar photovoltaic (PV) array application, Pangolin Associates said. RM Williams, the clothes manufacturer and retailer, has espoused a culture of sustainability, something that is integrated into business operations and assisted in the update ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... grassroots community organisation GetUp! orchestrated the push for an extraordinary general meeting to put a motion to retailer Woolworths Limited to put $1 maximum bet limits on the poker machines they operate. At the November EGM, only 2.5% of shareholders ...