Amcor is piloting an integrated environmental, health and safety management system, based on AS4801 and ISO14001, says the company's latest sustainability report.
AGL's latest sustainability report warns new high-emissions power plants risk becoming stranded assets, and says investors now pay far more attention to the emissions profile of its businesses.
Almost all Westpac's top suppliers have assessed their sustainability performance and many have either made improvements or are taking steps to improve, according to the bank's annual report and sustainability report.
Global investors with more than $3 trillion under management have asked 45 companies - including BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, BP and Xstrata - to explain how they are planning for an 80% reduction in fossil fuel emissions by 2050.
The Minerals Council will convert its 'Enduring Value' sustainable development framework into a two-tier system, to provide more certainty to the finance sector and community groups about the performance of mining companies.
Australia's latest greenhouse gas accounts don't prove the carbon price is a 'pointless burden', as claimed by Environment Minister Greg Hunt, but they do show that the scheme's influence has so far been modest, says Pitt & Sherry's Hugh Saddler.
Businesses should be preparing profit and loss accounts for their environmental impacts, even if they don't make the results public, says Jochen Zeitz, who pioneered their development for Puma.
Whitehaven Coal has introduced new software that allows it to capture a range of environmental data, monitor compliance and track stakeholder engagement processes.