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Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... increase in retail customer satisfaction of 79%, a 4% jump from last year, as well as increases in gender diversity and community program funding in its most recent sustainability report. Commonwealth Bank published its 2012 sustainability report in ...

Responsible investment in The Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... issues more broadly are difficult. We have clients who look at these issues quite deeply, but more broadly, the investor community is coming to terms with when you look at a company that operates in China, which obviously has some human rights issues ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... between 2008 and 2010," the institute said in its summary. "There is also emerging resistance to adaptive decisions at the community level. This is particularly the case with state coastal climate change planning in retreat and local planning decisions ...

Wesfarmers publishes 2012 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... energy use, and a fall in lost time injury frequency rate, as well as increases in water consumption and declines in community contributions in its 2012 sustainability report. Wesfarmers' overall greenhouse gas emissions fell to 6.8m tonnes CO2-e, down ...

ACCSR: Governance and transparency material issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... asked interviewees about seven broad themes, with 44 specific issues underneath. Within those specific issues, local community impacts ranked highly as material issues, including better community engagement, the desire for more locally focused information ...

Study: GRI can boost public sector reporting efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... already reporting on sustainability using the GRI framework, including Landcom, the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), Queensland Urban Utilities, Mainroads Western Australia, Melbourne City Council ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... brought another AU$10m through its founding shareholders, which also include the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, Community Sector Banking and private individuals and foundations as well as Triodos Bank. SEFA has loaned AU$450,000 to Three Sistas ...

Low Carbon Australia finances second Wagga Wagga project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... at the Wagga Wagga Oasis Aquatic Centre is being met partially by AU$375,075 from the federal government through the Community Energy Efficiency Program and with AU$338,250 in finance from Low Carbon Australia. The installation of the cogeneration unit ...

Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... the engagement issue as well, and the reason for that is that there is the engagement that the investment management community does, and there's the engagement that the public would want them to do, or expects them to do. There is a disconnect between ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... are being able to see that council is taking measures to lower its costs. It is a visible demonstration within that community - if you use these light bulbs, you're cutting your energy bill by this much. Where it's a co-gen system, for example, you're ...