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Integrated Reporting to generate value, costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... costly initiative in the short-term when balanced with the existing regulatory requirements." Both bodies agreed that the standards are equally applicable to large as to medium and small entities, as well as to the public sector and not-for-profit organisations. ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Additionally, Optus implemented their new Supplier Code of Practice with their largest suppliers to ensure they met standards in the area of labour practices, environmental management and product stewardship.

Elders seeking new markets for live cattle export

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... throat so badly in the middle of the year," Jackman said at the AGM. "But we continue to operate to those Australian standards, and now all our live operated and managed, to what is called ESCAS which is one of those great works to come out of Canberra ...

Presima joins Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Presima. "At Presima, we believe that by focusing on the long term nature of real estate assets and by utilizing new standards of measurement, we make better decisions with respect to our investments. In addition to assessing risk and return objectives ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... policies, compared to 40% of global peers. "One reason more ASX 200 firms perform better with respect to health and safety standards may be because they are often the first LHR issue companies start with when they are motivated to engage on issues in ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... has an investment universe of 240-270 ASX-listed stocks, noting that not every ASX300-listed company meets the firm's standards for investment, which includes evaluating a company's management quality, indebtedness and earnings, among other metrics. ...

ICMM warns of risks of differing carbon pricing policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... production is relocated to a facility with higher emissions intensity or more generally less stringent environmental standards." The report notes that in Australia, initial capital investment is high for fossil fuels, non-ferrous metals, iron ore and ...

Woolworths' employment, supply chain policies in 2011 report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Nations Global Compact, under which participants enact a set of principles around the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption. In the 2011 financial year, the company invested AU$60m in learning and development training. ...

Chartered Accountants: sustainability core business strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... up financially." The paper presents sustainability as an integrated strategy, given the convergence of international standards towards integrated reporting and oversight, but they can be used with standalone sustainability strategies. In addition to ...

Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... license obligations, according to ASIC. By making carbon credits financial products, traders are held accountable to all standards, including insider trading rule and market manipulation standards, Anderson noted. "The insider trading provisions do apply ...