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Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainability, up from 68% in 2019. Between 20 and 35% have annual targets in place, most frequently for recycling materials and energy usage, and are reporting setting targets for the impact of products and services on the environment and local communities ...

Waste and recycling legislation to foster circular economy: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... is that it brings some carrots and sticks to the issue. It also moves the emphasis of action to those that bring the materials into the market - the importers, the businesses, and so on." Last year, EY issued a report that estimated that only $4.2 million ...

Ban on waste export presents risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... ecosystem to take more ownership of resource recovery at every step of the value chain. "A genuine closed loop solution for materials is needed for a domestic recycling economy to thrive," he said. "We hope that the fund will encourage waste generators ...

ARENA, CEFC changes open door to CCS, hydrogen investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... needs low-cost abatement to maintain our position as a leading energy exporter and manufacturer of energy-intensive materials, and to enable new industries like hydrogen."

Substantial investment needed for sustainable infrastructure: RARE Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... of smaller projects that have a more marginal benefit to the green infrastructure theme, but they're using local materials, local aggregates, local labour, local contracting companies, and thereby stimulating local economies and communities, which ...

More companies reporting on SDGs, but quality lacking: RMIT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... increase of 11% compared to the 56 companies in 2018. The SDGs are mentioned by the majority of the companies in the Materials, Financials, and Consumer sectors, the report noted. The team looked at corporate sustainability reports from the top 150 Australian ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... "This investment will also lead to the construction of new assets that make use of the latest in sustainable design and materials, potentially driving uptake of materials identified in the Federal Government's Technology Investment Roadmap such as green ...

SASB, GRI announce collaborative workplan for further understanding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... standards can be used concurrently. In its initial phase, the collaboration will focus on delivering communications materials to help better understand how GRI and SASB can be used together, based on real-world reports from companies that use both standards. ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... people away from other production lines to ventilator manufacturing, and working with suppliers to secure needed raw materials." Lazard said that the company has doubled its production of its PB 980 critical care ventilator "The supply chain conversation ...

Four structural challenges for business to navigate post-lockdown: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... by domestic governments, particularly around supply chains of critical goods - personal protective equipment, testing materials, for example. Governments don't want to face those direct shortages at critical times again, and onshoring of some production ...