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Can sustainability considerations drive corporate innovation?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... legal counsel will be important, and also we're going to see more and more involvement of sustainability people within procurement teams- the whole business about sustainable procurement and sustainable supply chain. That's been on the map for several ...

Telstra publishes 2015 Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... waste and e-waste, energy efficiency and carbon emissions, ethics, values and governance, human rights, sustainable procurement and conflict minerals as potential sustainability impacts across its supply chain. More broadly, Telstra also identified customer ...

CDP, We Mean Business partner for Road to Paris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... broad-based commitments around "science-based carbon emission reduction targets", strategies around renewable energy procurement and supply chain activities, as well as corporate reporting, are designed to send signals to government on the need for comprehensive ...

Supply chain sustainability school launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... educate our contractors and suppliers, and to enhance the efficiency of the supply chain," said Roderick Petre, Mirvac's procurement manager for construction and co-chair for the school. The school is a national initiative, and is open to industry suppliers ...

Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... supply chain management, which Mirvac identifies as a material issue. In 2014, the company approved a new responsible procurement policy and have developed a supplier questionarie and code of conduct based on that policy, Edwards said. The company has ...

SVA calls for $200-250m funding for social investment bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... government, which allows for greater capital flow, higher-risk models of payment, payment by success contracts and social procurement policies." The FSI interim report was released in July and addressed a myriad of topics that fall under inquiry's mission ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... completed in November 2015, ARENA said. Nyngan will cost AU$290 million, AGL said. First Solar is providing engineering, procurement and construction services for both projects and will maintain the plants during the first five years of operation, AGL ...

NAB outlines goals in 2014 Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... cultural training, a 31% increase from 2012. NAB also reported that more than 15 Indigenous suppliers "engaged with NAB procurement via education sessions, direct engagement and Tier 1 supplier introductions," and that more than 40 NAB bankers were educated ...

AGL commences construction on Nyngan Solar Plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... which is also owned by AGL and scheduled to commence construction in mid-2014. First Solar will provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the Nyngan and Broken Hill Solar Plant projects, and will operate and maintain both projects ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ethical and sustainable supply chain management are being integrated into procurement practices in Australia and around the world, according Net Balance and Sedex. Sedex operates an online database of ethical and sustainable supply chain data that allows ...