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Environmental services company declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... contribute to real change." Established in 1997, An Mea provides solutions for managing environmental, health, safety and community opportunities and risks. "We welcome and congratulate An Mea in their efforts to be a carbon neutral business leader under ...

OECD guidelines to promote more responsible business conduct

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... countries and eight other countries - Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Latvia, Lithuania, Morocco, Peru and Romania. "The business community shares responsibility for restoring growth and trust in markets," said Angel Gurria, OECD secretary-general. "These ...

KPMG: sustainability strategies driven by cost reduction, environment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... not many organizations have cracked it. We've talked with a whole range of stakeholders out there in the investment community, and this view is representative of most feedback." Companies also reported a lack of benchmarks is hampering the spread of ...

NSW coal miners engage in landmark stakeholder survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011  |  NEWS
... mining companies. The NSWMC commissioned The Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR) to survey community concerns and to establish "a dialogue with the community about the role of mining, minimising the collective impacts of mining ...

PwC, Institute of Chartered Accountants recognise NFP transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... to be fundamental for all organisations in the NFP sector to tell the right story to their stakeholders and the wider community," said Rick Millen, PwC corporate responsibility partner. "It has moved from being considered a PR exercise to an important ...

Rio Tinto annual report: fewer injuries, increase in GHG emission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... injury frequency rates, a year-on-year uptick in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity and a 40 per cent increase in community contributions against a backdrop of record US$14bn in underlying earnings and falling debt in its 2010 annual report. The ...

Australian companies fail on labour reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... said. "We're challenged by that as we do third-party checks." The result of Banarra's report has impact on the investor community. Nick Edgerton, manager, ESG research and engagement at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), noted that ...

GRI releases new standards for sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... (GRI ) has updated its sustainability guidance to enhance reporting of operations impacting on human rights, gender and community. The new version, 3.1, is touted as improvements that strengthen expansiveness of reporting guidelines, and serve as the ...

AGL wins award for sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2011  |  NEWS
... also think about our responsibilities to all our stakeholders - our employees, our customers, our shareholders, and the community," said Professor Paul Simshauser, AGL's chief economist and group head of corporate affairs. "We aim to build a sustainable ...

Sustainability reporting: the drive towards integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011  |  NEWS
... Sheehy of the CSA. [Integrated sustainability reporting] will be successful in that way. It does rely on the investment community to continue to seek this information." But relying on the investor community to come to the table with questions is fraught ...