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CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... companies have and hope that many will begin to take a longer-term view." There have been improvements to the quality of data that companies are reporting to CDP, Day said. "Big emitters in the ASX are responding to market demands to verify climate data," ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... because of lack of traceability in global supply chains, certification challenges and regulatory uncertainty, according to CDP data. Launching the CDP Global Forests Report 2013, CDP reported that 139 listed companies with market capitalisation of more ...

GRI launches 2013 taxonomy, online G4 support tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainability reports using G3.1, G3 and the recently released G4 sustainability reporting guidelines by tagging sustainability data to make it machine-readable. The GRI Taxonomy 2013 is developed using XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). ...

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... "misguided" approaches to water-related risk management, according to the CDP Global Water Report 2013. The report is based on data given to CDP by 180 companies listed on the FTSE Global 500 Equity Index. Nearly three quarters - 70% - of companies said ...

Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... quarter of 2013. The BSRI is a framework for tracking sovereign credit risk in 48 countires, based on a pool of financial data, surveys and political insights. The willingness to pay metric has been affected by the political fighting over raising the ...

IIRC asks investors to critique pilot integrated reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... governance and future targets." "The reports were felt to provide a contextual foundation for interpreting and analysing disclosed data," IIRC said. Investors also told the IIRC that reports need to close "perceived or actual information gaps by disclosing ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... DataMetrics, a comprehensive set of metrics to facilitate quantitative analysis of environmental, social and environmental data. MSCI ESG DataMetrics can be used in the development of proprietary ESG models and reporting on ESG and portfolio footprint ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... investors having better command over that type of information." Northern Trust uses a third party external provider that gathers data and provides analysis and ratings for private companies, which Northern Trust uses as a data feed for its clients. "That's ...

66% of BM&FBOVESPA companies publish sustainability data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Approximately two-thirds of all companies listed on the Sao Paulo stock exchange published a sustainability report, an increase from 203 to 293 companies between May 2012 and June 2013, according to the Global Reporting Initiative. The BM&FBOVESPA has ...

Sedex notes increasing demand for ethical procurement data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... around the world, according Net Balance and Sedex. Sedex operates an online database of ethical and sustainable supply chain data that allows suppliers to share performance with buyers in areas such as labour, health and safety, environment and business ...