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CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... just for full-scale sustainability reporting - it's equally important when it comes to individual supply agreements, procurement arrangements where there' some level of assurance required around a sustainability measure, and we want to make sure that ...

Commonwealth Bank reports increased customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... December 2014. In terms of further roll-outs of its sustainability agenda, CBA reported that it had used its centralised procurement system to monitor sustainability risks in the supply chain. In May 2012, the bank began assessing suppliers by asking ...

Sustainable development and Australia in the Asian Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... come in. We see that in the supply chain. We see that from companies getting questions form their customers about procurement practices and human resource practices. That will happen with a more affluent and sustainability-sensitive customer." Understanding ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... chain on sustainability issues. In the 2012 financial year, the company "achieve[d] the specified annual level of procurement from Australian Indigenous Minority Supplier Council (AIMSC) certified suppliers, actively engaged with AIMSC and its key initiatives ...

CDP: companies put climate change risk into supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Global businesses are increasingly integrating climate change strategies into their supply chain procurement guidelines, but suppliers' rates of reducing greenhouse gas emission are lower than their corporate clients, according to a Carbon Disclosure ...

Variability in level of ASX100 supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... The level of internal stakeholder engagement required to utilise the skills of team members within sustainability, procurement and other areas to identify, implement and report on these initiatives will also vary between organisations." The report also ...

Commonwealth Bank reports lower customer satisfaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... and is targeting a six star Green Star rating for office as built. CBA also reported that since July 2010, its group procurement team has used a sustainability schedule for assessing purchases. "Since July 2010, our group procurement team has used the ...

Sustainability measures decline in information technology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... Connection Research and RMIT, calculated separate indices for five areas in ICT sustainability - equipment lifecycle procurement and disposal, end user computing, enterprise and data centre, IT as a low-carbon enabler and metrics. The methodology measured ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... physically demanding locations, requires a high level of expertise particularly in establishing the right contractor procurement strategy." The risk of regulatory change and negative implications on renewable energy projects is very much front of mind ...

Fuji Xerox Australia reports waste reduction, increase in injury rates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... recycled or certified and that 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 ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

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The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

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While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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