Search Results

Showing 11 - 20 of 20 results for "electronics"

CDP recognise ASX companies for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia Group, Investa Office Fund and National Australia Bank. Globally, the climate leaders include BMW, Samsung Electronics and Unilever, and climate performance leaders have reduced their total (absolute) emissions by 33 million metric tons in ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... and insurance, food and beverage, metals, mining and engineering, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, electronics and computers, transport, and utilities. KPMG found the companies and their associated corporate foundations invested on average ...

CBA receives upgraded score in EIRIS sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Australasia and score an even split of high, medium and low ratings. EIRIS downgraded two companies in the top 50 - Samsung Electronics and JP Morgan Chase & Co. have both been downgraded from a C to a D. EIRIS noted 'a sharp decline in its environmental ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Mooney said. "What we know is that our clients want asset protection for not just thing like jewellery or high end electronics, but for the assets that improve their quality of life - their fridge, their washing machine, their car. We have some really ...

70% of suppliers see climate change as supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Inc., Microsoft Corporation, National Australia Bank, National Grid, Nestle, Nokia-Siemens Networks, PepsiCo, Philips Electronics N.V., Reckitt Benckiser, Rexam, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., SAB Miller, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Suzano ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... be thrown away. "The fatuity of the products is matched by the profundity of the impacts. Rare materials, complex electronics, the energy needed for manufacture and transport are extracted and refined and combined into compounds of utter pointlessness.... ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... products. Over the last few years attention has expanded to other consumer products including consumer and office electronics, televisions, computers, music systems, mobiles, printers and photocopiers, home products, furniture, towels, and bed linen ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... products, communications equipment, computers and peripherals, electronic equipment, instruments and components, office electronics, semiconductors and semiconductor equipment, food products, and beverages. The Australian signatories were: ATI Asset ...

Reports critique ASX companies' supply chain disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to take responsibility for what happens downstream, and product stewardship laws are beginning to come in here for electronics, and will probably expand to other things," Neil said. "There is a responsibility you've got once the product has been sold,[and] ...

Retailers could save $1bn pa with investment in energy efficiency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... replacing compact florescent lamps with LEDs and utilizing photo-sensors to optimise light for occupants; retrofitting electronics to highest efficiency standards; retrofitting elevators and appliances, water heating, insulation and equipment. The second ...
PAGE:
2