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Carbon price uncertainty erodes business investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... business reported that uncertainty around the future of the carbon price had changed investment decisions, with 48% reporting that carbon uncertainty was having a negative impact on their business. "There is an overwhelming support for action on climate ...

ACSI: Investors have confidence in ASX100 boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... inconsistency or even polarisation." This figure also contrasted with the confidence in boards' oversight of financial reporting, which scored relatively highly at 3.23. Also of note were questions in which investors selected "no opinion" - the report ...

Deutsche Borse joins Integrated Reporting pilot programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
Deutsche Borse Group has joined the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) Pilot Programme Business Network and will become the first stock exchange to join the IIRC Pilot Programme. Paul Druckman, IIRC CEO The Pilot Programme tests the IIRC's ...

J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... employed by the REITs. "ESG is embedded into the investment process, with one possible evolution being that of 'integrated reporting' where financial and environmental metrics are combined - [Stockland] SGP has been chosen to participate in an international ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... could on their exposure to those types of investments," said Nathan Fabian, IGCC CEO. "We did this knowing that the reporting systems aren't in place, but if you look at cast studies, particularly Cbus, it demonstrates the type of approach that we need ...

BlackRock: ASX200 making "glacial" change in diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... 65% of diversity disclosures could be considered perfunctory and applying a largely "minimal standard" mindset to the reporting of diversity reporting obligations as stipulated under the ASX Corporate Governance code. In their report, the firm said they ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... LeapFrog reports both financial performance and social impact of its investments, through a proprietary dashboard and reporting tool that offers transparency to metrics on both sides. "We don't just treat social indicators as tick-boxes - it is information ...

CDP, CDSB, IIIRC ally to promote natural capital reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
CDP, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) have agreed to an alliance that will see the three groups collaborate to increase the reporting on use and depreciation of natural capital. ...

Mandatory GHG disclosures for British listed companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... accompanying the legislation's passage. Companies will not have to report on scope 3 emissions, "However, you should consider reporting these separately to give a wider picture of your organisation to investors and shareholders," according to the government's ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Adams The ACCA report, Paragraph 47: international perspectives one year on, features analysis from 49 sustainability reporting experts in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa, UAE and the UK who looked at the impact of paragraph 47 of the United ...