Shell's external advisory committee on sustainability reporting has urged the company to explain how it can claim to support carbon pricing, when it belongs to industry bodies that don't.
Corporate sustainability managers should be aware that institutional investors are taking a close interest in sustainability risks, even if broking analysts often don't ask about them, says the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors.
Nestlé has reviewed water use at 126 sites, slashed energy intensity and is well on the way to phasing out harmful refrigerant gases, says its latest sustainability report.
Woodside has completed the largest and most comprehensive testing exercise for a major oil spill ever carried out in Australia, according to the company's latest sustainability report.
Orica's greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell in FY2013 thanks to new abatement technology, but a return to uninterrupted production at Kooragang Island eroded the company's water efficiency.
Hardly any major companies have emissions reduction targets that extend beyond 2015, a CDP survey of major Australian and New Zealand businesses has found.