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The UpSide interview: Dr Fraser Thompson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... global agreement negotiations to dealing with risk in a climate change constrained world." Kimmorley, who formerly worked as policy offer- emission reductions at the New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, is currently studying Environmental ...

Accountancy profession a driver of corporate sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... said Professor Roger Burritt, CAGS director, and Joanne Tingey-Holyoak, research associate at CAGS. "Sustainability is a policy decision that's been adopted by many governments around the world, trying to bring together disciplines of every sort to help ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... organisations do produce a set of accounts using AWAS." This week saw the launch of Water Accounting: International Approaches to Policy and Decision-making, which looks at global issues facing government, business and the broader community around managing ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... return on projects because you work with tenants to mutually exploit benefits," he said. "The tax breaks for green buildings policy has been discontinued, but an EUA, by its very structure, is capable of delivering the same outcome to building owners ...

Investors call for management of fugitive methane emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... directly with companies to understand their approach to methane control, discussing effective regulatory measures with policy makers and working with industry to develop a framework to enable the monitoring of companies' progress on methane control. ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... known as Rio+20. The Rio+20 conference will take place from 20-22 June. The proposed paragraph reads "We call for a global policy framework requiring all listed and large private companies to consider sustainability issues and to integrate sustainability ...

Corporate sustainability commitments rise, CSR action lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... policies increased 4%, supplier policies increased 4% and limiting gift values 3%. "Company size has a marked effect on policy rates in all areas - for example limiting gift values (24% SMEs versus 77% largest compaÂnies) and explicit anti-corruption ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... headquarters to work in programs nearer to their jobs. "It gives us the chance to ask questions and observe the impact of poor policy and poor engagement," Blackburn-Wright said. "That's been an education for us as a bank. We started working in Redfern ...

Majority of ASX200 lack formal labour, human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... ASX200 companies and compared their performance to global counterparts. They were assessed on their publicly disclosed policy commitments, the breadth of policy application and their alignment with international standards. The ACSI report notes that ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... comparison to other Australian investment managers for its progress in responsible investment, citing enhancements to their policy framework, including updating their proxy voting to include engagement activities. "We are committed to only reporting ...