Browsing: Sustainability reporting

Social issues that will become material for Westpac over the next 30 years include the prospect of 'systemic disruptions' caused by environmental changes, says the bank's sustainability report, released today.

BlueScope Steel declined to respond to this year's Carbon Disclosure Project, bucking a trend of rising disclosure that resulted in 50% of ASX200 companies reporting their emissions data and response strategies, today's CDP Australia/New Zealand report reveals.

• Building energy disclosure scheme fully operational
  
• Combet releases national carbon registry draft regulations
  
• Utility regulator welcomes 'the end of sustainability'

• Paint company fined for failing to comply with resource efficiency scheme
  
• Alcoa and Victorian Government finalise new special agreement for coal mining
  
• Retailer efforts to 'green' supply chains risk ACCC scrutiny, IPA says
  
• P&O cuts water use, carbon emissions intensity

• More to come to secure EPBC protection for national parks, Burke says
  
• Centennial Coal to pay $1.45 million EPBC Act penalty
  
• Business seeks changes to Sydney trade waste plans, NSW incident reporting bill
  
• Toyota misses some five-year sustainability targets

In three new reports, BHP Billiton discusses reputational risk and climate change, details its carbon performance and describes how McKinsey & Co has contributed to its carbon policy thinking.

A pallet recycling initiative has helped cut Fuji Xerox Australia's waste-to-landfill by 41% in 2010-11, but the company failed to meet a 1% reduction target for carbon emissions.

Australia's aluminium smelters are continuing to cut perfluorocarbon emissions and refineries have reduced water use per tonne of production, says the sector's sustainability report released today.

In the wake of delays by Orica in notifying air emissions of hexavalent chromium, the NSW Greens say they will introduce a bill with notification obligations that match those in the nation's model OHS law.

AGL Energy, Amcor, Transurban, Stockland and Fuji Xerox are among the winners of the annual sustainability reporting awards, announced this afternoon by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.