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Wesfarmers publishes 2015 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... 7.5% during the 2014/2015 financial year and increased its hiring of Indigenous Australians, per its Reconciliation Action Plan. "Certainly, safety continues to be the focus of Wesfarmers Group," Chaney said. "We have seen our total recorded injury frequency ...

HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
HESTA has launched its first Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), outlining steps the fund will take to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. HESTA is the first superannuation fund to sign a RAP, which has been endorsed by Reconciliation ...

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... likely be drawn from existing Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) project owners. The ERF is the centrepiece of the Direct Action Plan (DAP) policy passed by Parliament in October last year. The DAP and ERF establish a baseline and credit scheme and liable ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Climate Market Investment Association for Australia, NZ, Singapore, Indonesia The ERF is the centrepiece of the Direct Action Plan (DAP) policy passed by Parliament in October last year. The DAP and ERF establish a baseline and credit scheme and liable ...

Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... creating "meaningful career opportunities" for Indigenous Australians, as outlined in its 2014-2017 Reconciliation Action Plan. The bank is a foundation partner of CareerTrackers since 2011, and has taken in CareerTracker interns since then. "When we ...

Combet calls for return of carbon pricing policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... (FEAL), Combet said that the Abbot government's repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism and the passage of the Direct Action Plan is a higher cost approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which has implications for investment decisions made by fund ...

Direct Action Plan, Emissions Reduction Fund approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Direct Action Plan legislation that passed the Senate this week contains amendments that will extend the contract period for abatement activities and establishes a safeguard mechanism, according to Norton Rose Fulbright. Elisa de Wit, partner, Norton ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... ground elsewhere can benefit from it." 202020 Vision will synthesise the products of the workshops into a national action plan, the organisation has said.

DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... at a rate 30% lower than the rate of employment for the general population." ANZ Bank introduced an accessibility action plan in 2008 and is currently midway through its 2013-2015 accessibility action plan, said Alistair Currie, group chief operating ...

NY's EIC on residential, commercial property energy upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... and benefits of clean energy (energy efficiency) with the values and goals of the specific community (e.g. Climate Action Plan, Energy reduction targets, etc.) we are working in. An example of how this works is in the Town of Bedford (our pilot community) ...