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LQRA to deepen verification collaboration with CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... is fast becoming an integral part of global corporate carbon reporting, and LRQA's independent sustainability and climate data verification services lend support to CDP's aim of putting relevant climate information at the heart of business, policy and ...

VicSuper establishes Climate Change Steering Committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... well thought out. We want to do this properly." VicSuper is a signatory of the UN backed Montreal Pledge, and has published data on the carbon intensity of their equities portfolio on their website. The information is also included on member benefit ...

Mirvac launches social return on investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... that journey for us. " By establishing a framework, Mirvac can benchmark their SROI against wider community standards, using data such as Australian Bureau of Statistics, for example. "If we look at sense of safety [in our residential developments] ...

Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... investing, professionals are well acquainted with the need to develop comparable, reportable metrics, and are collecting data for interpretation as they go along. Superannuation fund HESTA last year established an AU$30 million Social Impact Investment ...

GRI, CDP publish updated reporting guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... disclosure." GRI believes that future reports from organisations will see a migration away from annual reports to "sustainability data exchange", while focusing on major challenges like climate change and human rights. All of this will be coupled with ...

Impact Investing Australia launches inaugural Australian survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia at the University of Melbourne. It gives a clearer picture of the current status of the impact investment sector using data from both active investors and those that are not yet active in impact investing, but are considering allocations, said ...

AMP Capital calls for value link to executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... sector, CEOs are paid three times more than the next highest paid executive, and AMP Capital said "having considered the data in detail, we cannot see a reason for this premium particularly when the second highest paid executive in the energy sector ...

Sustainalytics opens Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics, the independent ESG research and analysis firm, has opened an office in Sydney. Catalina Secreteanu, head of Australia, Sustainalytics The new office in Sydney enables Sustainalytics to "better serve its investment management and pension ...

Impact Investing Australia launches guide to define social costs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... communities." "It's a practical guide designed to help guide a range of people in organisations, to collect and frame the data and release the data about the services they provide, in a way that breaks down the barriers between providers and funders," ...

Mercer hires Yolanda Beattie as practice leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... increasingly looking for practical guidance on how to effect lasting change." Mercer is "ideally placed" for delivery of a data-centric, accountability-driven diversity and inclusion consultancy offering, Beattie added.